Threat to Persia - Secret Intelligence Files

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Document Title	Threat to Persia
Reference	CAB 158/11
Document Date	21 August 1950
Conflicts	Cold War
Themes	Foreign Policy and International Relations, Military Intelligence and Operations
Regions	Europe, Middle East, North America
Countries	Azerbaijan, Canada, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Persia, Soviet Union, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, USSR
Document Type	Memoranda, Reports, Maps
Organisations	Chiefs of Staff, Joint Intelligence Staff, Ministry of Defence, Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
People	John Gardiner, Neill Ogilvie-Forbes, Patrick Reilly, Arthur Shortt, Kenneth Strong

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invasion threat, threat of war with the USSR, Soviet strategy, Arab world, defence, predicting enemy intentions, contingency planning, strategy, military operations, communications, railways, roads, airfields, troop movements, Soviet army, Soviet air force, transportation, Turkish neutrality

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