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Joint Intelligence Organisation

JIO

1969 – 1990

Renamed Defence Intelligence Organisation in 1990.

Department of Defence intelligence organisation that produced strategic, economic, scientific and technical, and military intelligence assessments for the Defence organisation and the government.

Names over time

Joint Intelligence Organisation1969–1990
Defence Intelligence Organisation1990–present

How it came into existence

Formed within the Department of Defence in 1969 (some accounts give 1970) by executive decision, combining the Joint Intelligence Bureau with the strategic intelligence elements of the single-service intelligence staffs of the Navy, Army and Air Force.

Merged from Joint Intelligence Bureau · 1969
- Economic, geographic and strategic intelligence
Split from Department of the Navy · 1969
- Naval strategic intelligence
Split from Department of the Army · 1969
- Military strategic intelligence
Split from Department of Air · 1969
- Air strategic intelligence

Changes during its life

20 February 1978Its National Assessments Staff and the national-level foreign intelligence assessment role passed to the new Office of National Assessments.

Part split off to form Office of National Assessments · 20 February 1978
- National intelligence assessments
- National Assessments Staff

How it ended

Reorganised and renamed the Defence Intelligence Organisation in 1990.

Renamed to Defence Intelligence Organisation · 1990

Main functions

Strategic intelligence assessment
Economic intelligence
Scientific and technical intelligence
Military capability assessments of foreign forces
National assessments (until 1978)

Where it sits

Last in the portfolio of Department of Defence.

Lineage

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Sources

Some dates or links for this organisation are not fully confirmed. Corrections are welcome.