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The '''Secret Intelligence Service''' ('''SIS'''), commonly known as '''MI6''' ([[MI numbers|Military Intelligence, Section 6]]) [http://www.sis.gov.uk/output/Page50.html] is the [[United Kingdom]]'s external [[intelligence agency]]. Under the direction of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), it works alongside the [[MI5|Security Service]] (MI5), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and the [[Defence Intelligence Staff]] (DIS). Within the civil service community the service is colloquially referred to as 'Box 850' which comes from its old post office box number. [http://books.google.com/books?id=rM97vRIVLtEC&pg=PA273&vq=box+850&dq=isbn:0714654574&sig=64ccBT4nFIAdQd7skesTa4yOBxI] ''MI6 and the Machinery of Spying ISBN 0714654574. 2003-08-11].[http://www.the-hutton-inquiry.org.uk/content/transcripts/hearing-trans02.htm] ''Hearing Transcripts, [http://www.google.com/notebook/public/05838763254983837150/BDQTaSwoQwuv93rgi BNL BCCI scandals, Iraq--Machine Tools for various facilities. – House of Representatives, Washington DC. 1993-01-21].
The '''Secret Intelligence Service''' ('''SIS'''), commonly known as '''MI6''' ([[MI numbers|Military Intelligence, Section 6]]) [http://www.sis.gov.uk/output/Page50.html] is the [[United Kingdom]]'s external [[intelligence agency]]. Under the direction of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), it works alongside the [[MI5|Security Service]] (MI5), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and the [[Defence Intelligence Staff]] (DIS). Within the civil service community the service is colloquially referred to as 'Box 850' which comes from its old post office box number. [http://books.google.com/books?id=rM97vRIVLtEC&pg=PA273&vq=box+850&dq=isbn:0714654574&sig=64ccBT4nFIAdQd7skesTa4yOBxI] ''MI6 and the Machinery of Spying ISBN 0714654574. 2003-08-11].[http://www.the-hutton-inquiry.org.uk/content/transcripts/hearing-trans02.htm] ''Hearing Transcripts, [http://www.google.com/notebook/public/05838763254983837150/BDQTaSwoQwuv93rgi BNL BCCI scandals, Iraq--Machine Tools for various facilities. – House of Representatives, Washington DC. 1993-01-21].