‘A shadowy entity’: M.I.1(b) and British Communications Intelligence, 1914–1922Footnote^*

* All ADM, CO, FO, HS, HW, T and WO references are from The (UK) National Archives; IOR references are from the India Office records in the British Library; IWM references are from the Imperial War Museum; NARA references are from the (US) National Archives and Records Administration.

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