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Foreign Policy and Strategy of the Soviet Union

1 Jan 1950

TOP SECRET EXTRACT FROM C.O.S.(50) 179th MEETING HELD ON 13TH NOVEMBER, 1950 3. BASIC REVIEW OF THE FOREIGN POLICY AND STRATEGY OF THE SOVIET UNION (Previous ref: COS (48) 118th Meeting, Min.2.) J.I.C.(50) 6 (Final) THE COMMITTEE had before them a report by the Joint Intelligence Committee revising their previous report entitled "Russian Interests, Intentions and Capabilities". It was stated that the figures given for the strength in aircraft and personnel of the Soviet air forces also included the figures for their naval aviation.
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Collection ID
CAB158
Conflict
Cold War
Countries
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Austria Azerbaijan Azores Belgium Bulgaria Burma Cambodia Cape Verde China Crete Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark Egypt Estonia Finland Formosa France Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Greenland Hungary Iceland India Indochina Indonesia Iraq Israel Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Korea Kuwait Laos Latvia Lebanon Libya Lithuania Madeira Malaya Mongolia Morocco Nazi Germany Netherlands North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Palestine People's Republic of China Persia Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of China Republic of Korea Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Siam South Africa South Korea Soviet Union Spain Sudan Sweden Switzerland Syria Transjordan Tunisia Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America Vietnam West Germany Yugoslavia
Document Reference
CAB 158/9/8
Document Types
Report Memorandum Map
File Reference
CAB 158/9
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab158.0009.008
Keywords
Contingency Planning Predicting Enemy Intentions Assessing Enemy Strength War Preparations War Materials Soviet Army Soviet Air Force Soviet Navy Soviet Foreign Policy Soviet Satellite States Military Intelligence Strategy Alliances Allies Geographic Intelligence Weapons Development Technology Communications Transportation Air Power Naval Strength Military Strength Threat Of War With The Ussr Resources Defence Security Air Raid Precautions Missiles Rockets Foreign Policy Communism Subversion Fifth Columnists Western Bloc Eastern Bloc Manpower Arab World Military Supplies Military Operations Soviet-chinese Relations Colonies Empire Imperial Defence
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Communist Information Bureau Joint Intelligence Staff Ministry of Defence North Atlantic Treaty Organisation United Nations Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
73
Persons Discussed
John Gardiner Guy Liddell Patrick Reilly Percy Sillitoe Josef Stalin Kenneth Strong
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Ministry of Defence and Cabinet Office: Central Intelligence Machinery: Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Later Committee: Memoranda (JIC Series). Joint Intelligence Committee: Memoranda 1-30
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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