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{{Use dmy dates|date=July | {{Short description|Branch of British MI5 formed during World War I}} | ||
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The '''MI5(g)''', or the '''MI5 G section''', was a branch of [[MI5]] that was formed during World War I to address the wartime espionage operation by the [[Hindu–German Conspiracy|Indian revolutionary movement in Europe]].<ref name=Popplewell219>{{Harvnb|Popplewell|1995|p=219}}</ref> The department arose by renaming the '''MO5(g)''' | {{Use British English|date=July 2022}} | ||
The '''MI5(g)''', or the '''MI5 G section''', was a branch of [[MI5]] that was formed during World War I to address the wartime espionage operation by the [[Hindu–German Conspiracy|Indian revolutionary movement in Europe]].<ref name=Popplewell219>{{Harvnb|Popplewell|1995|p=219}}</ref> The department arose by renaming the '''MO5(g)''' MI5(g) in 1916. The MI5 itself, working under [[Vernon Kell]], had a number of India experts at the beginning of the war. In September 1916, a special section, the MI5(d), section was formed to operate counter-espionage networks throughout the [[British Empire]]. Another subsection, the MI5(b), was formed in January 1917 to deal specifically with Indians and "other oriental races". | |||
The MI5(g) had 27 officers in its staff, eight of whom had served in India before the war. Among them were ex-Indian civil servants including [[Robert Nathan (intelligence officer)|Robert Nathan]] and H. L. Stephenson. The main emphasis of this counter-espionage network was to prevent the subversion of Indian troops in the European theatre. The organisation, especially under Nathan, worked closely with the Special Branch of the [[Scotland Yard]] in Britain and with the [[Indian Political Intelligence Office]] headed by [[John Wallinger]], which operated a network of spies in neutral Switzerland which a number of the Indian revolutionaries and members of the [[Berlin Committee]] used as a base.<ref name=Popplewell220>{{Harvnb|Popplewell|1995|p=220}}</ref> | The MI5(g) had 27 officers in its staff, eight of whom had served in India before the war. Among them were ex-Indian civil servants including [[Robert Nathan (intelligence officer)|Robert Nathan]] and H. L. Stephenson. The main emphasis of this counter-espionage network was to prevent the subversion of Indian troops in the European theatre. The organisation, especially under Nathan, worked closely with the Special Branch of the [[Scotland Yard]] in Britain and with the [[Indian Political Intelligence Office]] headed by [[John Wallinger]], which operated a network of spies in neutral Switzerland which a number of the Indian revolutionaries and members of the [[Berlin Committee]] used as a base.<ref name=Popplewell220>{{Harvnb|Popplewell|1995|p=220}}</ref> | ||
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