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the War Office and the Commander in Chief Home Forces.
 
Many other Departments and services, however, have
 
security functions within their own sphere.  The
 
Service Departments are responsible for the security
 
of the fighting services, their establishments and
 
communications; the Production Departments for the
 
security of factories and industrial plant; the 
 
Ministry War Transport for the security of land and
 
sea transport services.  Other Departments actively
 
assist those primarily responsible: Postal and Tele-
 
graph Censorship performs important security functions
 
in the interception of communications and that Customs
 
and Excise take part in security control at ports.
 
Security in British Colonies is in the hands of the 
 
Colonial Governments reinforced in war by officers
 
of the Security Service under the general direction
 
of the Colonial Office.  The Foreign Office together
 
with the overseas representatives of the Admiralty and
 
the Ministry of War Transport are concerned in the 
 
security of British interests abroad, especially
 
British shipping in overseas ports.  The Security
 
Service is reponsible for advising all these Depart-
 
ment on security measures and supplying them with
 
relevant  intelligence'.
 
                                     WINANT
 
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