Players/Managed Independence Intelligence Continuity (IB + ISI)
The Deep State Transfer — Same Agencies, New Flag
India's Intelligence Bureau (founded 1887 as British colonial intelligence) passed intact through independence. MI5 Security Liaison Officer embedded in New Delhi for 25 years post-independence. Indian IB directors shared sensitive intelligence with MI5, aligning Indian surveillance with British objectives.
Pakistan's ISI (founded 1948) was built by a British officer — Major General Robert Cawthorn, who served as longest-serving ISI Director General (1950-1959), then went home to head Australian ASIS. Both nations' security architectures were authored by their former masters. The 'independence' ran on software written in London.
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