Review of Defence Problems - Secret Intelligence Files

Document Title	Review of Defence Problems
Reference	CAB 158/1
Document Date	18 March 1947
Conflicts	Cold War
Themes	British Domestic Security, Military Intelligence and Operations, Foreign Policy and International Relations
Regions	Africa, East Asia, Europe, Latin America, Mediterranean, Middle East, North America, Pacific, South Asia
Countries	Afghanistan, Australia, Austria, Austria-Hungary, Belgian Congo, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indochina, Iraq, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malaya, Netherlands, Palestine, Persia, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, United States of America, Yugoslavia
Document Type	Reports
Organisations	Chiefs of Staff, Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee, Ministry of Defence, United Nations
People	William Hayter, Edward Parry, Lawrence Pendred

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defence, atomic warfare, Soviet foreign policy, armaments, technology, secret weapons, economy, resources, Soviet army, air warfare, geographic intelligence, air raid precautions, contingency planning, bombing, assessing enemy strength

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