Political Intelligence Department (1918–1920)
The Political Intelligence Department (1918–1920) was a department of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Foreign Office created towards the end of World War I. It was created on 11 March 1918 by Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Permanent Under-Secretary Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Lord Hardinge. It gathered political, economic, and military conditions in both allied and enemy countries and prepared reports for the cabinet, the Foreign Office, and other departments. The director of the department was William Tyrrell, 1st Baron Tyrrell, William Tyrrell, with James Wycliffe Headlam, James Headlam-Morley serving as assistant director. Most of the staff were drawn from the Department of Information's Intelligence Bureau, including historians Arnold J. Toynbee, Arnold Toynbee, Lewis Bernstein Namier, Lewis Namier, and Alfred Eckhard Zimmern, Alfred Zimmern. A major function of the department was to prepare reports on all subj ...
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