MI3, the British Military Intelligence Section 3, was a division of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence, part of the

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. It was originally set up to handle geographical information. Its subsections in 1914 included: * MI3a: France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Morocco. * MI3b: Austria-Hungary and Switzerland. * MI3c: Germany. * MI3d: The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. * MI3e: Military translations. After World War I, its role was changed to intelligence in Europe, later including the

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and

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after Summer 1941. MI3 was headed by Major

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. He recommended the change from supporting the

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to supporting the

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in Yugoslavia, see

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. Its functions were absorbed into

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in 1945.

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