Scientific Advisory Board

The first meeting took place in the cabinet office on 25th November 1946. Largely established figureheads for what was in fact an MI6 front evidenced by the presence of Charles Hambro

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The first meeting in the Cabinet Office of the Scientific Advisory Board took place on 25 November 1946, chaired by Sir John Anderson, supervisor of the Tube Alloys Directorate and chair of the newly created United Kingdom Atomic Energy Committee. The secretary was Professor Robert Hutton, an authority on specialised metals, while other distinguished scientific advisers on the board included Sir Wallace Akers, Sir Charles Darwin, Sir Alfred Egerton, Sir Richard Gregory, Sir Edward Salisbury and later Sir Alexander Fleming and Sir Edward Appleton. These were largely established figureheads for what was, in fact, an MI6 front, as evidenced by the attendance of Charles Hambro, who acted as Eric Welsh's representative. One outcome of the meeting was the forging of a relationship with the old publishing firm Butterworth.21