Possible uses by the Soviet Union of Satellite Forces

Document Title	Possible uses by the Soviet Union of Satellite Forces
Reference	CAB 158/11
Document Date	27 July 1950
Conflicts	Cold War
Themes	Military Intelligence and Operations
Regions	Atlantic, East Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America
Countries	Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Burma, China, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Formosa, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indochina, Korea, Malaya, Persia, Poland, Romania, Soviet Union, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Yugoslavia
Document Type	Memoranda, Reports
Organisations	Chiefs of Staff, Communist Information Bureau, Joint Intelligence Staff, Ministry of Defence, Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
People	Valentine Boucher, John Gardiner, Neill Ogilvie-Forbes, Patrick Reilly, Kenneth Strong

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Soviet satellite states, predicting enemy intentions, Soviet strategy, threat of war with the USSR, Eastern Bloc, contingency planning, war preparations, German army, occupied Germany, Soviet foreign policy, Soviet-Yugoslav relations, Greek Civil War

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