Soviet Threat to Northern Scandinavia - Secret Intelligence Files

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Document Title	Soviet Threat to Northern Scandinavia
Reference	CAB 158/11
Document Date	27 December 1950
Conflicts	Cold War
Themes	Military Intelligence and Operations
Regions	Atlantic, Europe
Countries	Finland, Norway, Soviet Union, Sweden
Document Type	Reports, Memoranda
Organisations	Chiefs of Staff, Joint Intelligence Staff, Ministry of Defence, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
People	John Gardiner, Neill Ogilvie-Forbes, Patrick Reilly, Arthur Shortt, Kenneth Strong

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predicting enemy intentions, assessing enemy strength, Soviet strategy, threat of war with the USSR, contingency planning, defence, strategy, climate, topographical intelligence, communications, ports, landing places, Soviet army, Soviet air force, military strength, air power, amphibious operations, warships, combined operations, Finnish foreign policy

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