TOP SECRET. ANNEX I SCALE AND NATURE OF INITIAL ATTACK ON THE BRITISH ISLES 1951. OPERATIONAL APPRECIATION. Assumptions. We have taken into consideration our previous report entitled "Basic Assumptions for Planning."* 2. In our revious report entitled "Strategic Intentions of the Soviet Union. "ø we concluded that :(a) The following will be undertaken simultaneously :(i) A campaign against Western Europe to gain the Atlantic seaboard in the shortest possible time and to close the Mediterranean.
- Collection ID
- CAB158
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Belgium China England France Germany Great Britain Japan Netherlands Pakistan Poland Romania Russia Soviet Union United Kingdom United States of America
- Document Reference
- CAB 158/3/38
- Document Types
- Memorandum Report
- File Reference
- CAB 158/3
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab158.0003.038
- Keywords
- Invasion Threat Threat Of War With The Ussr Contingency Planning Predicting Enemy Intentions Assessing Enemy Strength Defence Soviet Strategy Strategy Military Objectives Soviet Air Force Air Power Bombing Armaments Missiles Nuclear Weapons British Army Military Strength Airfields Communications Fifth Columnists Special Operations Communist Infiltration Air Raids Air Warfare Aircraft
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Communist Party of Great Britain Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Staff Joint Planning Staff Ministry of Defence Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 19
- Persons Discussed
- Paul Gleadell Douglas Packard Kenneth Strong
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
