Editing BBC Monitoring (section)

==History==
The organisation was formed in 1939 to provide the British Government with access to foreign media and [[propaganda]].<ref name=start/> It provided the government with valuable information during [[World War II]], particularly in places where foreign journalists were banned. The organisation played an important role in helping observers keep track of developments during the [[Cold War]], the disintegration of the [[Iron Curtain]] and collapse of the Soviet Union. Also monitored were the [[Yugoslav Wars]] and the Middle East. They also had 7 decades of collaboration with the [[CIA]] [[Foreign Broadcast Information Service]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=US to close CIA division’s UK intelligence monitoring unit |url=https://www.ft.com/content/99ede9cc-b582-11e7-aa26-bb002965bce8 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Financial Times}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason=I couldn't find any other sources to confirm this paywalled article.|date=March 2024}}