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Defence Intelligence

intelligence agency of the United Kingdom
Organization Intelligence Agency Q352160

Facts

14 properties

Identity

Instance of
intelligence agency
Official website
www.gov.uk[8]
Short name
DI, ДіАй[13][14]
Official name
Defence Intelligence, Defence Intelligence Staff[11][12]

Status and dates

Inception
April 1, 1964[6]
Replaces
Naval Intelligence Division, Directorate of Military Intelligence[9][10]

Location

Headquarters location
London[4]
Country
United Kingdom[2]

Relations

Follows
Directorate of Military Intelligence[3]
Part of
Military Intelligence Services[5]
Parent organization or unit
Military Intelligence Services[7]
More facts +3
Website
www.gov.uk
Parent org
Military Intelligence Services
Headquarters
London
🏷️ Also known as
en DI en DIS en Defence Intelligence en Defence Intelligence Staff ar استخبارات الدفاع de Defence Intelligence he מודיעין ההגנה ja 国防情報参謀部 ru Военная разведка Великобритании ru Штаб оборонной разведки uk Оборонна розвідка zh 国防情报局 zh 国防情报组 zh 國防情報組 zh 國防情報組織 zh 英國國防情報局 zh 英國國防情報組
🔖 Identifiers · 5
VIAF cluster ID
126864892
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n2002163245
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Defence-Intelligence-Service
Freebase ID
/m/02bkd8
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
351211

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🔗 Connections
Replaces 2
Directorate of Military Intelligence, Naval Intelligence Division
← Replaced by 2
Directorate of Military Intelligence, Naval Intelligence Division
Country 1
United Kingdom
Follows 1
Directorate of Military Intelligence
Headquarters location 1
London
Instance of 1
intelligence agency
Parent organization or unit 1
Military Intelligence Services
Part of 1
Military Intelligence Services
Preceded by (successor) 1
Directorate of Military Intelligence
← Child organization or unit 1
Military Intelligence Services
← Commander of (DEPRECATED) 1
James Hockenhull
← Commissioned by 1
Project Condign
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Summary

Defence Intelligence is an intelligence agency[1].

Related Entities

London United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . gov.uk. gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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