nguhistВестник Новосибирского государственного университета. Серия: История, филологияVestnik NSU. Series: History and Philology1818-7919Novosibirsk State University10.25205/1818-7919-2023-22-1-20-32nguhist-1289Research ArticleВСЕОБЩАЯ ИСТОРИЯWORLD HISTORYБританские спецслужбы в системе межведомственных противоречий в начале XX векаBritish Special Services in Interdepartmental Contradictions in the Beginning of the 20th Centuryhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4097-9447ИвановА. А.IvanovA. A.

Андрей Александрович Иванов, кандидат исторических наук

Санкт-Петербург

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Andrey A. Ivanov, Candidate of Sciences (History)

St. Petersburg

Scopus Author ID 57204716446

WoS Researcher ID M-3827-2019

ivanovaa85@list.ruСанкт-Петербургский государственный университет ветеринарной медициныРоссияSt. Petersburg State University of Veterinary MedicineRussian Federation2023140120232212032Copyright © Иванов А.А., 20232023Иванов А.А.Ivanov A.A.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://nguhist.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/1289

   В современных условиях остро стоит проблема объективности принимаемых политическими деятелями решений ввиду того, что у ответственных лиц часто отсутствует необходимая для этого достоверная информация. С начала XX в. в Великобритании получение и интерпретация этой информации относится к компетенции разведывательных органов, поэтому от эффективности их работы и качества взаимодействия с иными ведомствами часто зависел успех военно-политических операций. Гипотеза исследования состоит в том, что возможности спецслужб влиять на процесс принятия политических решений часто связаны не столько с эффективностью информационно-аналитической работы, сколько со способностью преодолеть сопротивление иных государственных ведомств, стремящихся к монополизации информационных каналов в правительстве.

   In modern conditions, the problem of the objectivity of decisions taken by politicians is acute, due to the fact that responsible persons often lack reliable information. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the receipt and interpretation of this information has been within the competence of intelligence agencies, therefore, the success of military-political operations often depends on the effectiveness of their work and the quality of their interaction with other departments. The hypothesis of the study is that, under certain conditions, the ability of special services to influence the politicaldecision-making process is often associated not only with the effectiveness of analytical work, but more with the ability to overcome the resistance of other government agencies seeking to monopolize information channels in the government. The example of the secret services of the British Empire in this respect is valuable as far as the victory in the Great War made the apparatus of this state an object of interest of some other countries, which wanted to bring the level of efficiency and working principles of their security structures in line with the British. Accordingly, not only the advantages of the British secret services, but also their shortcomings, manifested, among other things, in the bias of assessments and distortion of the content of intelligence reports, became widespread in the world.

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