British Information Services (BIS) was an
overt propaganda
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It typically uses standard pu ...
organization that was part of the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, department of the Government of the United Kingdom. Equivalent to other countries' Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ministries of fore ...
of the government of the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
.
BIS was initially formed in 1941 as an organization to promote British interests in the United States.
It was later expanded to operate in countries around the world,
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, with offices in New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
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, Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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and San Francisco
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See also
* British Security Co-ordination
British Security Co-ordination (BSC) was a covert organisation set up in New York City by the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in May 1940 upon the authorisation of the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill.
Its purpose was to investigate ...
, a British black propaganda operation founded in 1940
References
External links
Catalog of British Information Services publications
at WorldCat
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British propaganda organisations
Foreign relations of the United Kingdom
1941 establishments in the United States
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