British Information Services (BIS) was an overt propaganda organization that was part of the

Foreign and Commonwealth Office The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the ministry of foreign affairs and a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, ministerial department of the government of the United Kingdom. The office was created on 2 ...

of the government of the

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. BIS was initially formed in 1941 as an organization to promote British interests in the United States. It was later expanded to operate in countries around the world, eventually expanding to have a presence in around 40 countries. attached to British embassies. The U.S. operations of BIS had a headquarters in

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, with offices in

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and

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. The New York office had a budget of £240,786 in 1949. “The British Library of Information in New York: A Tool of British Foreign Policy, 1919-1942.” outlines the library's early history. Lincove, David A. 2011. “The British Library of Information in New York: A Tool of British Foreign Policy, 1919-1942.” ''Libraries & the Cultural Record'' 46 (2): 156–84.

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Catalog of British Information Services publications
at WorldCat Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office British propaganda organisations Foreign relations of the United Kingdom 1941 establishments in the United States {{UK-gov-stub

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