Thatcher to take reins of intelligence panel

By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Linda Feldmann

January 27, 1983

London

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said she will assume control of the Joint Intelligence Committee, the intelligence body blamed for failing to predict the Falkland Islands invasion. This is the most significant shake-up of intelligence organization in Britain since World War II.