Catalogue description War Cabinet and Cabinet Office: Departmental Security Officer: Files

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Details of CAB 116
Reference: CAB 116
Title: War Cabinet and Cabinet Office: Departmental Security Officer: Files
Description:

Selected files of the Panel on Security Arrangements in Government Departments, and of the Departmental Security Officer's Branch relating to arrangements for security in government departments.

Date: 1941-1948
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Cabinet, Departmental Security Officers Branch, 1945-

Cabinet, Panel on Security Arrangements in Government Departments, 1945-1948

War Cabinet, Departmental Security Officers Branch, 1942-1945

War Cabinet, Panel on Security Arrangements in Government Departments, 1942-1945

Physical description: 50 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1999 Cabinet Office

Accruals: No future accruals expected
Administrative / biographical background:

The Panel on Security Arrangments in Government Departments was established in January 1942 following discussions about security breaches between the Prime Minister and the Cabinet Security. Under the general superintendence of the Lord President and the chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary, the Panel's advisers included the Departmental Security Officer of the Cabinet Office

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