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Intelligence Brief for U.K. Delegation to the Military Committee of the Western Union Chiefs of Staff Committee. Report by the Joint Intelligence Committee

1 Oct 1948

8. The economic resources and territories of the American continents would be at the disposal of the Western Powers. 9. M-Day and D-Day for both the Soviets and the Allies will be so nearly the same in 1949 that for the purpose of this paper they are considered coincidental. POLITICAL FACTORS Soviet Union 10. The ultimate object of Soviet policy is the establishment of communism, directed from Moscow, throughout the world. The long term struggle to attain this aim manifests itself in present soviet policy in the simultaneous pursuit of five main objectives:First, a move towards increased strategic security by the establishment of a belt of subservient States around her frontiers, which could not, in any circumstances, be used as a base for attack on the Soviet Union.

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Collection ID
CAB158
Conflict
Cold War
Countries
Albania Australia Austria Azores Bulgaria Canada Canary Islands China Czechoslovakia Denmark East Germany Finland France Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Japan Korea Mongolia Norway Pakistan Palestine Persia Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Sicily South Korea Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom United States of America West Germany Yugoslavia
Document Reference
CAB 158/5/10
Document Types
Report
File Reference
CAB 158/5
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab158.0005.010
Keywords
Intelligence Distribution Information Sharing Allies Alliances Military Intelligence Predicting Enemy Intentions Assessing Enemy Strength Soviet Foreign Policy Soviet Satellite States Eastern Bloc Neutrality Politics Arab World Soviet Strategy Subversion Economy Political Dissent Atomic Warfare Military Strength Industry Weapons Production War Materials Manpower Resources Communications Railways Roads Shipping Agriculture Soviet Army Military Dispositions Soviet-occupied Europe Soviet Air Force Air Power Soviet Navy Naval Strength Submarines Warships Mobilisation Morale Military Organisation Personnel Equipment Training Aircraft Strategy Weapons Development Missiles Rockets Chemical Warfare Secret Weapons Biological Warfare Technology Military Objectives Threat Of War With The Ussr Geographic Intelligence United States Army British Army French Army Tanks Defence Transportation Military Supplies Demolitions Fifth Columnists Military Operations Communications Disruption
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Ministry of Defence United Nations Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
58
Persons Discussed
William Hayter Douglas Packard Percy Sillitoe Josef Stalin Kenneth Strong
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Chiefs of Staff. Joint Intelligence Committee. Memoranda. Oct. - Dec. 1948. Papers No. J.I.C. 108-138. Vol. XLIX
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations Propaganda Censorship Psychological Warfare

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