Implications of Certain Aspects of U.S. Strategy for a War in 1951 - Secret Intelligence Files

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Document Title	Implications of Certain Aspects of U.S. Strategy for a War in 1951
Reference	CAB 158/9
Document Date	17 January 1950
Conflicts	Cold War
Themes	Military Intelligence and Operations
Regions	Europe, Middle East, North America
Countries	United Kingdom, United States of America
Document Type	Memoranda
Organisations	Chiefs of Staff, Joint Planning Staff, Ministry of Defence, Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
People	Valentine Boucher, Lawrence Pendred, Patrick Reilly, Kenneth Strong

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contingency planning, predicting enemy intentions, war preparations, assessing enemy strength, defence, strategy, geographic intelligence, British army, Anglo-American relations, information sharing, Soviet foreign policy, threat of war with the USSR, Arab world, military intelligence, military operations

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