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Recruitment and security of MI5, including vetting of staff, according to Stephen Dorril.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.</ref> Protective security for MI5 including building security and staff vetting, according to Nick Fielding and Mark Hollingsworth.<ref>Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, pp.320-321.</ref> | Recruitment and security of MI5, including vetting of staff, according to Stephen Dorril.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.</ref> Protective security for MI5 including building security and staff vetting, according to Nick Fielding and Mark Hollingsworth.<ref>Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, pp.320-321.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Anthony Simkins]] - section head c.mid 1950s.<ref>Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.330.</ref> | ||
*[[Keith Thomas]] - Section head c.1981-83.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.</ref> | *[[Keith Thomas]] - Section head c.1981-83.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 22:17, 18 October 2013
B Branch is the division of MI5 responsible for personnel, security and training.[1]
History
In 1929, an early incarnation of B Branch was responsible for 'investigations and inquiries'.[2]
Following a 1938 re-organisation, B Branch acquired responsibility for counter-espionage and counter-subversion.[3]
In Dick White's 1953 re-organisation of the service, B Branch became responsible for personnel and establishments.[4]
Organisation
Directors
- Denis Payne - C.1973[5]
- Robert Holden - C.1981-83.[6]
B1
Recruitment and security of MI5, including vetting of staff, according to Stephen Dorril.[7] Protective security for MI5 including building security and staff vetting, according to Nick Fielding and Mark Hollingsworth.[8]
- Anthony Simkins - section head c.mid 1950s.[9]
- Keith Thomas - Section head c.1981-83.[10]
B2
Personnel management and welfare.[11]
- Martin McOnachie - Section head, c.1981-83.[12]
- Stephen Lander - Deputy section head, c.1985.[13]
B3
Management services, personal and physical security of MI5 officers and building, according to Stephen Dorril.[14]
- Michael Knight - section head, c.1981-83.[15]
B4
Responsible for Finance.[16]
- Stan Brashier - Section head, c.1981-83.[17]
B7
Training and recruitment, according to Hollingsworth and Fielding.[18]
Notes
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.865.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.127.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.134.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.327.
- ↑ Paul Lashmar and James Oliver, Britain's Secret Propaganda War 1948-1977, Sutton Publishing, 1998, p.157.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
- ↑ Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, pp.320-321.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.330.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.561.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
- ↑ Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, pp.320-321.
