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created: 2025-07-23
updated: 2026-10-15
title: British Intelligence
tags:
  - Organization
  - Intelligence
  - Government
  - United Kingdom
description: British Intelligence refers to the various intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom, including MI6.
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "British Intelligence refers to the various intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom, including the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)."
---

[[British Intelligence]] refers to the various intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom, including the [[Secret Intelligence Service]] (MI6). During World War II, British Intelligence engaged in a variety of unconventional warfare tactics, including the use of black propaganda and psychological operations.[^1]

One documented example is the work of the astrologer [[Louis de Wohl]], whom the National Archives catalogue describes as a professional astrologer who worked for the [[Special Operations Executive]].[^2] Jacobsen wrote that [[Sybil Leek]] was another astrologer used in British operations against the Nazi leadership.[^1]

### Footnotes
[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
[^2]: The National Archives, Kew, Security Service personal file on Louis de Wohl, reference C11439609, covering August 31, 1940 to August 19, 1952. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C11439609