![]() ![]() The formal Five Eyes alliance can be traced back to the Atlantic Charter, which was issued in August 1941 to lay out the Allied goals for the post-war world. The practical relationship established for wartime signals intelligence developed into a formal signed agreement at the start of the post-war Cold War. From then key figures travelled back and forth across the Atlantic, including Denniston and code-breaking expert Alan Turing. The British and US agencies shared extremely confidential information, including the British breaking of the German Enigma code, and the US breaking of the Japanese Purple code. A February 1941 entry in the diary of Alastair Denniston, head of Bletchley Park, reading "The Ys are coming!" ("Ys" referring to "Yanks") is the first record, followed by "Ys arrive" on 10 February. The earliest origins of the Five Eyes alliance are secret meetings between British and US code-breakers at the British code-breaking establishment at Bletchley Park in February 1941 (before the US entry into the war). ![]() The cover page of the first version of the secret UKUSA Agreement in 1946, which was disclosed to the public in 2011 New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Government Communications Security Bureau Human intelligence, Security intelligenceĭirectorate of Defence Intelligence and Security CountryĪustralian Security Intelligence OrganisationĪustralian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisationĭefence intelligence, Geo Intelligence, Human Intelligence The following table provides an overview of most of the FVEY agencies involved in such forms of data sharing.
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