ABSTRACT
For 20 years, between the end of World War II and Singaporean independence, the Singapore station of the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS, aka MI6) served as that agency's main regional headquarters, and for much of that as what was termed its area 'controlling station'. In effect, this meant that command and control of the other stations in the region was routed to the station commander in Singapore, designated the Far East Controller (FEC), and only secondarily to the operational organisation at the main headquarters in London.
