SECRET Foreign Secretary that the execution of the original Foreign Office plan as amended would be welcome from the point of view of security. It was pointed out that the Russians could probably obtain as much information through their Trade Delegation as they could through Service Attaches. It was a comparatively east matter, for example, for them to disguise a tank expert as a trade delegate. Such an expert, who would thus be able to move freely in areas where tank production was taking place, would be able in a short space of time to assess um characteristics, etc., of our modern tanks.
- Collection ID
- CAB158
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Hungary Poland Romania Russia Soviet Union United Kingdom United States of America
- Document Reference
- CAB 158/11/28
- Document Types
- Memorandum Summary Report
- File Reference
- CAB 158/11
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab158.0011.028
- Keywords
- Travel Restrictions Consular Intelligence Sources Diplomatic Officials Diplomatic Missions Soviet Satellite States Anglo-soviet Relations Security Counter-intelligence Diplomacy Attachés Military Missions
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Ministry of Defence Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 9
- Persons Discussed
- John Gardiner Patrick Reilly Percy Sillitoe Kenneth Strong
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- British Domestic Security International Relations
