Situation in Central America - Secret Intelligence Files

Document Title	Situation in Central America
Reference	CAB 158/9
Document Date	20 April 1950
Conflicts	Cold War
Themes	Foreign Policy and International Relations
Regions	Atlantic, Europe, Latin America, North America, Pacific
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 Type	Reports, Maps, Meeting Minutes
Organisations	Chiefs of Staff, Joint Intelligence Staff, Ministry of Defence, Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
People	John Gardiner, Neill Ogilvie-Forbes, Patrick Reilly, Arthur Shortt, Percy Sillitoe, Kenneth Strong

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weapons trade, trade, foreign policy, Anglo-American relations, colonies, empire, defence, imperial defence, security, armaments, diplomacy, politics, political intelligence, contingency planning

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