Historical Dictionary of British Intelligence

SECTION V• 479

including India and Afghanistan, as well as Indian affairs across the

world, and liaised with theIndian Political Intelligence Bureau.

Staff: S. H. H. Mills (V.A), K. I. F. Worke (V.A.1), D. B. Cumming

(V.A.3), D. Royle (V.A.5), J. E. Baddeley (V.A.6).

• V.B studied the operations of the intelligence services of unfriendly
  powers in France, Monaco, Corsica, Andorra, Belgium, Holland,
  and Luxembourg. Staff:Colville Barclay(V.B), B. H. L. Towns-
  hend (V.B.5), M. Setton (V.B.6), R. F. Lancaster (V.B.7), C. Payne-
  Payne (V.B.8).


• V.C liaised withMI5and theLondon Reception Centreand pro-
  vided documentation for agents. Staff: C. Blake-Budden (V.C), Mrs.
  Bromley-Fox.


• V.C.R liaised with the CentralRegistry.


• V.D studied the operations of the intelligence services of unfriendly
  powers in the Iberian Peninsula, Spanish Morocco, Tangier, and the
  Balearic and Atlantic islands. Staff: H. D. V. Pakenham (V.D), F.
  Witty (V.D.1), E. A. Rumboll (V.D.2), Ted Davies (V.D.3), H. A.
  Fisher (V.D.4), R. Keyes (V.D.6).


• V.E studied the operations of the intelligence services of unfriendly
  powers in Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania,
  Turkey, Russia, and Near and Middle East countries, including Per-
  sia, Libya, Egypt, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Abyssinia, Eritrea, and
  the French, British, and Italian Somalilands. Staff: J. F. C. O’Brien
  (V.E), H. Hudson-Williams (V.E.1), W. K. C. Guthrie (V.E.2), M.
  Duncan (V.E.3), C. D. Derring (V.E.11), Evelyn Sinclair (V.E.15).


• V.F studied the operations of the intelligence services of unfriendly
  powers in Greater Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, the Baltic
  countries, and Scandinavia, including Iceland and Greenland. Staff:
  P. G. Mason (V.F), M. Wallace-Hadrill (V.F.1).


• V.H dealt with the application censorship overseas. Staff: R. G.
  Evans (V.H).


• V.X was responsible fordouble agentsanddeceptionplans. Staff:
  Desmond Bristow(V.X) and Rex Hamer (V.X.2).

In support of Section V’s work there was V.L (carding of intercepts
and maintenance of a reference library), V.R (distribution of mails),
V/RVPS (liaison with the London Reception Centre), V/Photo, V/
Driver, V/Translations, and V/TP (teleprinting). Sub-section SP/SD
consisted of J. R. Adams, A. C. V. Elphinstone, J. Smith-Wright, E.
Blake-Budden, and Miss B. Arthur.