- 2 - #6234, December 27, 7 a..m.. (SECTION TWO) from London. 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 EDA |