TOP SECRET Deployment of United States Forces to implement their strategy 5. Naval Forces. The United States naval forces would be deployed as outlined in Plan SPEEDWAYø and in particular the United States carrier forces would be available to assist in keeping open the Mediterranean lines of communications. 6. Land Forces. The build-up of the United States land forces would take place in Morocco as follows:(a) One division by D+1 ready for operations by D+3 months. (b) Two more divisions by D+3 months ready for operations by D+4 months, and thereafter as in Plan SPEEDWAY.
- Collection ID
- CAB158
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Cyprus Egypt Greece Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Lebanon Malta Morocco Palestine Persia Russia Soviet Union Sudan Syria Turkey United Kingdom United States of America
- Document Reference
- CAB 158/7/46
- Document Types
- Report Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 158/7
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab158.0007.046
- Keywords
- Strategy Arab World Military Strength Military Intelligence Geographic Intelligence Contingency Planning War Preparations Western Bloc Allies Alliances Defence Anglo-american Relations Predicting Enemy Intentions United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force Politics Colonies Imperial Defence Empire Diplomacy Foreign Policy Economy Military Bases Oil
- Languages
- English
- Note
- This document was withdrawn in February 1950.
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Communist Information Bureau Joint Intelligence Staff Joint Planning Staff Ministry of Defence Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 12
- Persons Discussed
- John Gardiner William Hayter Douglas Packard Kenneth Strong
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence International Relations
