MI6 MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SECTION 6

MI6

The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) supplies the British Government with foreign intelligence. It operates under the formal direction of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) alongside the internal Security Service (MI5), the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and the Defence Intelligence (DI).

It is frequently referred to by the name MI6 (Military Intelligence, Section 6), a name used as a flag of convenience during the Second World War when it was known by many names. The existence of MI6 was not officially acknowledged until 1994.

In late 2010, the head of SIS delivered what he said was the first public address by a serving chief of the agency in its 101-year history. The remarks of Sir John Sawers primarily focused on the relationship between the need for secrecy and the goal of maintaining security within Britain. His remarks acknowledged the tensions caused by secrecy in an era of leaks and pressure for ever-greater disclosure.

SIS is referred to colloquially within the Civil Service as Box 850 (see below), after its old MI6 post office box number. Its headquarters, since 1995, are at Vauxhall Cross on the South Bank of the Thames.

MI6 frequently cooperates with other international intelligence agencies such as the CIA and the FBI, especially if unusual circumstances arise.

FICTION

In fiction such plots include James Bond working with the CIA and John Storm working with MI5, MI6, the CIA and the United Nations.

LINKS:

Science faction adventure stories featuring John Storm

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MI6 CONTACTS:

Imminent threat to life or property, please contact the police on 999 or the police Anti-Terrorist Hotline on 0800 789 321.

Members of the public who wish to contact SIS with a general enquiry may do so via

SIS Secret Intelligence Service

PO Box 1300

London

SE1 1BD.

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