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Document Title	Soviet Intentions in Berlin. Report by the Joint Intelligence Committee
Reference	CAB 158/7
Document Date	10 October 1949
Conflicts	Cold War
Themes	Foreign Policy and International Relations
Regions	Europe
Countries	Germany, Russia, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia
Document Type	Reports, Memoranda
Organisations	Chiefs of Staff, Joint Intelligence Committee (Germany), Joint Intelligence Staff, Ministry of Defence, Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
People	John Gardiner, William Hayter, Douglas Packard, Lawrence Pendred, Percy Sillitoe, Kenneth Strong

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Berlin, occupied Germany, Soviet foreign policy, contingency planning, predicting enemy intentions, Soviet satellite states, blockades, partition, economy, communism, food supplies, sabotage, transportation, resources, finances, communications, public opinion, propaganda, airlifts, air warfare, subversion

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