The Military Intelligence Headquarters of the SADF [Afr: Militêre Inligtinghoofkwartier] was established in central Pretoria in the early 1970s and was responsible for all strategic and some tactical intelligence activities across all the armed services within the SADF's entire area of responsibility within the borders of the Republic. For this purpose regional field offices were opened in Cape Town, Durban and other major centres in South Africa to facilitate the activities of the Military Intelligence Division (MID). These Military Intelligence Division field offices were mainly responsible for Counter Intelligence as well as some strategic collection. Each field office relied on the respective Territorial Commands for Intelligence on the opposition within each command's specific area of responsibility.