TOP SECRET (THIS CUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT) J.I.C.(52) 38 (Final) 23rd September, 1952. COPY No. 48 CHIEFS OF STAFF COMMITTEE JOINT INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF EAST GERMAN MILITARY FORCES Report by the Joint Intelligence Committee INTRODUCTION 1. Since the Contractual Agreements between the Three Powers and the Federal German Government and the Treaty setting up the European Defence Community were signed, the East German Government has announced, as a counter-measure to the creation of West German divisions, that East German armed forces will be formed to "protect" the German Democratic Republic against aggression from the West.
- Collection ID
- CAB158
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- East Germany German Democratic Republic Germany Poland Soviet Union USSR West Germany
- Document Reference
- CAB 158/14/40
- Document Types
- Report Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 158/14
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab158.0014.040
- Keywords
- Military Intelligence Military Organisation Manpower Military Strength German Army Recruitment Weapons Production War Materials Equipment Armaments Rearmament Occupied Germany Soviet Foreign Policy Strategy Politics Political Intelligence Eastern Bloc Soviet Satellite States
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Staff Ministry of Defence Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 9
- Persons Discussed
- Francis Fressanges Patrick Reilly Eric Searight Kenneth Strong
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
