TOP SECRET ANNEX SCALE AND NATURE OF ATTACK AGAINST SEA COMMUNICATIONS Introduction 1. We have already appreciatedø that a sea and air offensive against Anglo-American sea communications would be undertaken by the Soviet Union concurrently with the following:(a) A campaign against western Europe to gain the Atlantic seaboard and close the Mediterranean. (b) An aerial bombardment of the British Isles, possibly using some weapons of mass destruction after 1950. (c) A campaign to seize control of the Middle East and the Suez Canal area.
- Collection ID
- CAB158
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Albania Australia Azores Belgium Bulgaria Burma Canada Canary Islands Cape Verde China Corsica Crete Czechoslovakia Denmark Egypt Finland Formosa France Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Greenland Hungary Iceland India Indochina Iraq Ireland Italy Japan Korea Libya Netherlands Norway Pakistan Persia Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Sicily Soviet Union Spain Sweden Turkey United Kingdom United States of America Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- CAB 158/6/36
- Document Types
- Memorandum Report
- File Reference
- CAB 158/6
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab158.0006.036
- Keywords
- Communications Shipping Communications Disruption Threat Of War With The Ussr Predicting Enemy Intentions Assessing Enemy Strength Contingency Planning Soviet Strategy Military Operations Geographic Intelligence Soviet Navy Naval Strength Soviet Satellite States Soviet Air Force Air Power Naval Warfare Air Warfare Naval Bases Airfields Royal Navy Royal Air Force United States Navy United States Air Force Weapons Development Equipment Tactics Strategy Warships Submarines Mines Yugoslav Armed Forces Bulgarian Armed Forces Romanian Armed Forces Hungarian Armed Forces Czechoslovakian Armed Forces Polish Armed Forces Finnish Armed Forces French Armed Forces French Navy Swedish Armed Forces Danish Armed Forces Norwegian Armed Forces Dutch Armed Forces Belgian Armed Forces Spanish Armed Forces Portuguese Armed Forces Greek Armed Forces Turkish Armed Forces Egyptian Armed Forces Indian Armed Forces Pakistani Armed Forces Italian Armed Forces Italian Navy French Air Force Italian Air Force Arab World Reconnaissance Aircraft Aircraft
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Staff Ministry of Defence Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 26
- Persons Discussed
- John Gardiner William Hayter Lawrence Pendred Josef Stalin Kenneth Strong
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
