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Description

A volume of reports commissioned for the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC). The JIC was formed of representatives from the intelligence services, the armed services, and the Foreign Office. Its purpose was to assess military, security, and foreign policy requirements and coordinate Britain's intelligence organisations accordingly. A vast range of international and domestic issues are investigated and analysed in the JIC's reports. Subjects covered in this file include the possibility of war between India and Pakistan; the spread of communism in East Asia; communist successes in the Chinese Civil War; Anglo-American strategy for the use of atomic weapons in the event of war with the USSR; Soviet military strength and preparedness for war; procedures for handling defectors from Eastern Bloc countries; the strength of communist parties in Europe and South Asia; information sharing with members of the Commonwealth; and the Argentine threat to the Falkland Islands.