TOP SECRET EXTRACT FROM C.O.S.(50) 71st Meeting held 5.5.50. 4. SITUATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA J.I.C. (50) 19 THE COMMITTEE had before them a Report by the Joint Intelligence Committee on the situation in Central America. The Report examined possible political and military developments in the area with particular reference to any possible threat to British possessions. Attention was drawn to the statement in the report (paragraphs 10 and 12) that our Intelligence about the military situation in the Central American countries was incomplete on account of the small number of British Service Representatives in the area and also on account of American unwillingness to give us information.
- Collection ID
- CAB158
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- British Guiana British Honduras Canada Costa Rica Cuba Czechoslovakia Dominican Republic Guatemala Guiana Haiti Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama United Kingdom United States of America Venezuela
- Document Reference
- CAB 158/9/21
- Document Types
- Report Map Summary
- File Reference
- CAB 158/9
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab158.0009.021
- Keywords
- Weapons Trade Trade Foreign Policy Anglo-american Relations Colonies Empire Defence Imperial Defence Security Armaments Diplomacy Politics Political Intelligence Contingency Planning
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Staff Ministry of Defence Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 12
- Persons Discussed
- John Gardiner Neill Ogilvie-Forbes Patrick Reilly Arthur Shortt Percy Sillitoe Kenneth Strong
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- International Relations
