MI5 FX Branch

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FX Branch was the name of the counter-terrorist branch of MI5 from the mid-1970s until the late 1980s.

In 1976, Director General Michael Hanley established a separate FX branch to deal with Irish terrorism. Its director continued to report to the director of F Branch.[1]

In 1988, the FX Branch was renamed G Branch.[2] The rest of F Branch was incorporated into MI5 C Branch at around the same time.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.647.
  2. ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.745.
  3. ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.862.
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