The Allied Intelligence Bureau (AIB) was a joint United States, Australian, Dutch and British intelligence and special operations agency during World War II.[1] It was responsible for operating parties of spies and commandos behind Japanese lines in order to collect intelligence and conduct guerrilla warfare against Japanese forces in the South West Pacific. The AIB was formed in June 1942 to coordinate the existing Allied propaganda and guerrilla organisations. The first controller of the AIB was Colonel C. G. Roberts. At its peak the AIB contained men from ten individual services and controlled or coordinated eight separate organisations. The role of the AIB was to obtain information about the enemy, "to weaken the enemy by sabotage and destruction of morale and to lend aid and assistance to local effort to the same end in enemy territories."[citation needed] One member of the AIB was Alfred Deakin Brookes, who went on to become the first head of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service in May 1952.[2]
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Structure
The AIB was divided into four sections; A, B, C and D. Each section focused on a specific area of operations:
- A Section
- A Section consisted of Special Operations Australia, which was later known as the Services Reconnaissance Department, and focused on information collection and commando operations. A Section was initially commanded by Major G. Egerton Mott.[3]
- B Section
- B Section focused on secret intelligence and was commanded by Captain R. Kendall, RN, known as Secret Intelligence Australia (SIA)
- C Section
- C Section gathered field intelligence through Coastwatchers, natives and civilians. C Section was commanded by Commander Eric Feldt, RANVR.
- D Section
- D Section was the Far Eastern Liaison Office which was concerned with propaganda and was commanded by Commander J. C. Proud, RANVR.
The AIB was disbanded at the end of the war.
Attached vessels
- HMAS Paluma (1942–1944)[4][full citation needed]
See also
- G-2 (intelligence)
- Netherlands East Indies Forces Intelligence Service
- Office of Strategic Services
- Special Operations Executive
- Z Special Unit
Citations
- ^ Long, Gavin (1963). "Appendix 4: Allied Intelligence Bureau". Australia in the War of 1939–1945 (PDF). Series 1 – Army. Vol. VII The Final Campaigns (1st ed.). Canberra, Australia: Australian War Memorial. pp. 617–622. OCLC 671415046. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ^ "Bills Digest No. 11 2001-02, Intelligence Services Bill 2001". www.aph.gov.au. Parliament of Australia. 27 June 2001. ISSN 1328-8091. Archived from the original on 6 May 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Section 'A' of the Allied Intelligence Bureau". 20 October 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ^ National Archives of Australia.
Further reading
- Ind, Allison (1958). Allied Intelligence Bureau: our secret weapon in the war against Japan. New York: David McKay Company Inc. ISBN 978-0-502-09048-8.
- Powell, Alan (1996). War by Stealth: Australians and the Allied Intelligence Bureau 1942–1945. Carlton South, Victoria: Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84691-2.
External links
- "Special Operations Australia". Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- "Allied Intelligence Bureau in Australia during World War II". Retrieved 13 November 2010.
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