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==Organisation==
 
==Organisation==
 
===Directors===
 
===Directors===
*[[Oswald Allen Harker]]<ref>Chapman Pincher, ''Treachery: Betrayals, Blunders and Cover-Ups: Six Decades of espionage'', Mainstream Publishing, 2012, p.98.</ref>
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*[[John Marriott]] - c.1955.<ref>Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.333.</ref>
*[[Guy Liddell]] - 1939-45<ref>Chris Hastings and Fiona Govan, MI6 urged Churchill to nuke Berlin The fear of Germany's V2 rockets in 1944 led Britain to consider the ultimate reprisal, Sunday Telegraph, 1 December 2002.</ref>
 
*[[Dick White]] c.1946.<ref>Chapman Pincher, ''Treachery: Betrayals, Blunders and Cover-Ups: Six Decades of espionage'', Mainstream Publishing, 2012, p.66.</ref>
 
*[[John Marriott]] - C.1951<ref>Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.580.</ref>
 
 
*[[Denis Payne]] - C.1973<ref>Paul Lashmar and James Oliver, Britain's Secret Propaganda War 1948-1977, Sutton Publishing, 1998, p.157.</ref>
 
*[[Denis Payne]] - C.1973<ref>Paul Lashmar and James Oliver, Britain's Secret Propaganda War 1948-1977, Sutton Publishing, 1998, p.157.</ref>
 
*[[Robert Holden]] - C.1981-83.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.</ref>
 
*[[Robert Holden]] - C.1981-83.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.</ref>
  
 
===B1===
 
===B1===
*[[Roger Hollis]] - c.1946.<ref>Chapman Pincher, ''Treachery: Betrayals, Blunders and Cover-Ups: Six Decades of espionage'', Mainstream Publishing, 2012, p.263.</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>  
 
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>  
*[[Keith Thomas]] - Section head c.1981-183.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.</ref>
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*[[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>
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*[[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>
  
 
===B2===
 
===B2===
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*[[Martin McOnachie]] - Section head, c.1981-83.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.</ref>
 
*[[Martin McOnachie]] - Section head, c.1981-83.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.</ref>
 
*[[Stephen Lander]] - Deputy section head, c.1985.<ref>Christopher Andrew, ''Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5'', Allen Lane, 2009, p.561.</ref>
 
*[[Stephen Lander]] - Deputy section head, c.1985.<ref>Christopher Andrew, ''Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5'', Allen Lane, 2009, p.561.</ref>
*[[R.T. Reed]] - B2b c.1952.<ref>Chapman Pincher, ''Treachery: Betrayals, Blunders and Cover-Ups: Six Decades of espionage'', Mainstream Publishing, 2012, p.331.</ref>
 
  
 
===B3===
 
===B3===
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*[[Michael Knight]] - section head, c.1981-83.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.</ref>
 
*[[Michael Knight]] - section head, c.1981-83.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.</ref>
 
===B4===
 
===B4===
Responsible for Soviet counter-espionage in the 1940s B Division.<ref>Chapman Pincher, ''Treachery: Betrayals, Blunders and Cover-Ups: Six Decades of espionage'', Mainstream Publishing, 2012, p.66.</ref> In the modern branch, responsible for Finance.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.</ref>
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Responsible for Finance.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.</ref>
*[[James Robertson]] - B4, 1946.<ref>Chapman Pincher, ''Treachery: Betrayals, Blunders and Cover-Ups: Six Decades of espionage'', Mainstream Publishing, 2012, p.264.</ref>
 
 
*[[Stan Brashier]] - Section head, c.1981-83.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.</ref>
 
*[[Stan Brashier]] - Section head, c.1981-83.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.</ref>
*[[Kathleen Archer]] - B4a c.1939.<ref>Chapman Pincher, ''Treachery: Betrayals, Blunders and Cover-Ups: Six Decades of espionage'', Mainstream Publishing, 2012, p.66.</ref>
 
*[[Roger Hollis]] - B4a(3) c.1939.<ref>Chapman Pincher, ''Treachery: Betrayals, Blunders and Cover-Ups: Six Decades of espionage'', Mainstream Publishing, 2012, p.66.</ref>
 
  
 
===B7===
 
===B7===
 
Training and recruitment, according to Hollingsworth and Fielding.<ref>Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, pp.320-321.</ref>
 
Training and recruitment, according to Hollingsworth and Fielding.<ref>Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, pp.320-321.</ref>
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===Position not known===
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*[[Bill Foulkes]] c.1953<ref>Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.330.</ref>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 22:23, 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

B1

Recruitment and security of MI5, including vetting of staff, according to Stephen Dorril.[8] Protective security for MI5 including building security and staff vetting, according to Nick Fielding and Mark Hollingsworth.[9]

B2

Personnel management and welfare.[12]

B3

Management services, personal and physical security of MI5 officers and building, according to Stephen Dorril.[15]

B4

Responsible for Finance.[17]

B7

Training and recruitment, according to Hollingsworth and Fielding.[19]

Position not known

Notes

  1. Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.865.
  2. Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.127.
  3. Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.134.
  4. Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.327.
  5. Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.333.
  6. Paul Lashmar and James Oliver, Britain's Secret Propaganda War 1948-1977, Sutton Publishing, 1998, p.157.
  7. Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
  8. Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
  9. Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, pp.320-321.
  10. Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.330.
  11. Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
  12. Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
  13. Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
  14. Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.561.
  15. Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
  16. Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
  17. Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
  18. Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.
  19. Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, pp.320-321.
  20. Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.330.