MI8, or Military Intelligence, Section 8 was a British Military Intelligence group responsible for signals intelligence and was created in 1914. It originally consisted of four sections: MI8(a), which dealt with wireless policy; MI8(b), based at the General Post Office, dealt with commercial and trade cables; MI8(c) dealt with the distribution of intelligence derived from censorship; and MI8(d), which liaised with the cable companies. During World War I MI8 officers were posted to the cable terminals at Poldhu Point and Mullion in Cornwall and Clifden in County Galway, continued until 1917 whe
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MI8 (kurz für Military Intelligence, Section 8, deutsch „Militärische Aufklärung, Abteilung 8“) war im Zweiten Weltkrieg ein britischer Militärnachrichtendienst. Als eine Abteilung des Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) bestand seine Hauptaufgabe in der Funkaufklärung.
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