TOP SECRET (c) Provided it is made perfectly clear that in the event of Soviet aggression the Western Powers will not hesitate to wield their overwhelming superiority in atomic weapons, that superiority will continue to be a powerful deterrent. (d) We cannot, however, exclude the possibility that Western rearmament will lead the Soviet Government to believe that a Western attack is intended and therefore to start or provoke a total war before it becomes effective. We believe that such a danger exists now and will continue through the period covered by this paper.
- Collection ID
- CAB158
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Germany Korea Soviet Union
- Document Reference
- CAB 158/14/34
- Document Types
- Report Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 158/14
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab158.0014.034
- Keywords
- Military Intelligence Soviet Foreign Policy Contingency Planning Assessing Enemy Strength Predicting Enemy Intentions War Preparations Threat Of War With The Ussr Foreign Policy Geographic Intelligence Peace Proposals Strategy Military Strength Atomic Warfare Rearmament
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Ministry of Defence Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 4
- Persons Discussed
- Anthony Buzzard Francis Fressanges John Gardiner Patrick Reilly Kenneth Strong
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
