Likelihood of War with the Soviet Union up to 1954

Document Title	Likelihood of War with the Soviet Union up to 1954
Reference	CAB 158/11
Document Date	14 December 1950
Conflicts	Cold War
Themes	Foreign Policy and International Relations
Regions	Africa, East Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America
Countries	China, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Persia, Soviet Union, United States of America, Yugoslavia
Document Type	Reports, Memoranda
Organisations	Chiefs of Staff, Joint Intelligence Staff, Ministry of Defence, United Nations, Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
People	John Gardiner, Patrick Reilly, Arthur Shortt, Percy Sillitoe

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threat of war with the USSR, predicting enemy intentions, Soviet foreign policy, Soviet strategy, contingency planning, war preparations, Western Bloc, occupied Germany, strategy, rearmament, psychology, atomic warfare

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