Catalogue description Intelligence organisation in Australia: the relationship between MI5 and the security...

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Details of KV 4/457
Reference: KV 4/457
Description:

Intelligence organisation in Australia: the relationship between MI5 and the security authorities in Australia, in particular MI5's contribution to the establishment of Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), stemming from concerns about Australian security arrangements in the light of VENONA information
Note: Serial 170a: letter from Attlee to President Truman regarding Australian security
Date: 1948 Nov 20 - 1949 Feb 16
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: POL F 205-0016 VOL 5
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Access conditions: Retained Until 2011
Record opening date: 02 April 2011

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