TOP SECRET 5. Steps were taken to improve all branches of the communications system, but the railway system continued to be inadequate. Ground Forces 6. As a result of demobilisation only a limited number of soldiers with war service, excluding regulars, are still serving in the Soviet Army. Reorganisation and mechanisation has progressed and good use was made of the 1950 summer training season. The efficiency of the Army has continued to increase. 7. In Germany there is still an unusual proportion of armour to infantry, chiefly caused by the reforming of two Soviet Mechanised Armies from cadre form in 1949.
- Collection ID
- CAB158
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Albania Austria Belarus Bulgaria China Czechoslovakia Egypt France Germany Hungary Indochina Italy Japan Korea North Korea Persia Poland Romania Russia South Korea Soviet Union Ukraine USSR Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- CAB 158/12/6
- Document Types
- Report Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 158/12
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab158.0012.006
- Keywords
- Assessing Enemy Strength War Preparations War Materials Military Strength Economy Politics Military Supplies Soviet Army Soviet Air Force Soviet Navy Soviet Satellite States Strategy Air Power Naval Strength Manpower Military Organisation Atomic Warfare Weapons Development Technology Scientific Research Communications Aircraft Police Air Raid Precautions Civil Aviation Weapons Production Defence
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Communist Information Bureau Council for Mutual Economic Assistance Joint Intelligence Staff Ministry of Defence United Nations Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 24
- Persons Discussed
- John Gardiner Neill Ogilvie-Forbes Patrick Reilly Arthur Shortt Percy Sillitoe Kenneth Strong
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
