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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 enemy activities, prevent sabotage against British interests in the Americas, and mobilise pro ...
The British Security Coordination (BSC) was set up in May 1940 in New York and was designed to protect British interests in the western hemisphere. Its focus was to investigate enemy activities, prevent sabotage against British interests, and mobilise pro-British opinion in the Americas.
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William Stephenson establishes the British Security Coordination. Churchill now instructed Stewart Menzies, head of MI6, to appoint William Stephenson as the head of the British Security Coordination (BSC). Menzies told Gladwyn Jebb on 3rd June, 1940: "I have appointed Mr W.S. Stephenson to take charge of my organisation in the USA and Mexico.
Rockefeller Center, New York, where the British Security Co-ordination (BSC) operated during World War II. Source: Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA-3.0.
Aug 4, 2023 · British Security Coordination (BSC) was a British intelligence organisation operating in the United States during the Second World War. Founded in 1941 under William Stephenson, its work grew to encompass the American activities of MI5 , SOE, and the Security Executive as well as the Secret Intelligence Service , MI6 (ref 1, pp.440-441).
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British Security Co-ordination (BSC) was a secret organization that operated in the Western Hemisphere during World War II with the aim of influencing American public opinion and policy in favor of Britain.
Aug 19, 2006 · And so British Security Coordination came into being. BSC was set up by a Canadian entrepreneur called William Stephenson, working on behalf of the British Secret Intelligence Services (SIS).
