Scale and Nature of Initial Attack on the British Isles - 1957. Report by the Joint Intelligence Committee - Secret Intelligence Files

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Document Title	Scale and Nature of Initial Attack on the British Isles - 1957. Report by the Joint Intelligence Committee
Reference	CAB 158/3
Document Date	27 August 1948
Conflicts	Cold War
Themes	Military Intelligence and Operations
Regions	Atlantic, East Asia, Europe, Mediterranean, Middle East, North America, Pacific, South Asia
Countries	Belgium, China, England, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, United States of America
Document Type	Memoranda, Reports
Organisations	Communist Party of Great Britain, Chiefs of Staff, Joint Intelligence Staff, Joint Planning Staff, Ministry of Defence, Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
People	Paul Gleadell, Douglas Packard, Kenneth Strong

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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

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