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Soviet Intentions and Capabilities 1951 and 1954 - Brief for Western European Regional Planning Groups

1 Jul 1950

TOP SECRET ANNEX. SOVIET INTENTIONS AND CAPABILITIES, 1950, 1951 and 1954. ENEMY SITUATION. Basic Factors 1. Political Factors (a) Political Alignment. (i) The Soviet Bloc (ii) Western Bloc (b) Governments (i) Present Structure and Trends (ii) Orientation (iii) Stability Vulnerability (c) Peoples (i) U.S.S.R. (ii) The Satellite States (d) International Communism 2. Topographic, Logistic and Economic Factors (Soviet Union and Satellites). (a) Topography (b) Communications and Transportation. (i) Railroads (ii) Motor Transportation (iii) Civil Air Transport (iv) Inland Waterways (v) Coastal Shipping (c) Significance of the Soviet Economic Position.

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Collection ID
CAB158
Conflict
Cold War
Countries
Afghanistan Albania Australia Austria Austria-Hungary Belgium Bulgaria Burma Canada Ceylon China Czechoslovakia Denmark East Germany Finland France Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland India Indochina Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Italy Japan Luxembourg Mongolia Netherlands Norway Pakistan Persia Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Siam Sicily South Africa Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America USSR Yugoslavia
Document Reference
CAB 158/11/36
Document Types
Memorandum Report Correspondence
File Reference
CAB 158/11
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab158.0011.036
Keywords
Intelligence Requirements Intelligence Reports Politics Eastern Bloc Western Bloc Soviet Satellite States Soviet Society Topographical Intelligence Military Supplies Economy Railways Roads Shipping Scientific Research Weapons Development Military Strength Assessing Enemy Strength Military Organisation Soviet Army Soviet Navy Naval Strength Soviet Air Force Air Power Mobilisation Tactics Atomic Warfare Biological Warfare Chemical Warfare Mines Missiles Soviet Strategy Strategy Military Operations Ideology Transportation War Preparations Subversion Communications Disruption
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Staff Ministry of Defence North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
24
Persons Discussed
John Gardiner Neill Ogilvie-Forbes Patrick Reilly Arthur Shortt Kenneth Strong
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Chiefs of Staff. Joint Intelligence Committee. Memoranda, July-Dec. 1950. 65-114. Vol. LV.
Themes
International Relations Military Intelligence

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