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Amendments to S.G.161/3

1 Jan 1953

TOP SECRET Suggested Amendments to SG 161/3 Political alignment Page 6, para 2 (b) For the following reasons we do not think that Japan should be included without qualification among the countries listed as certainly aligned against the U.S.S.R.:(1) Although by the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty the U.S. is bound to assist Japan if invaded, Japan is not bound to go to war to assist the U.S. (2) Japan's "National Security Force" is little more than a token and is incapable of waging large scale war, even defensively.
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Collection ID
CAB158
Conflict
Cold War
Countries
Czechoslovakia East Germany Egypt Germany Hungary Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Lebanon Libya Poland Russia Saudi Arabia Syria United Kingdom USSR
Document Reference
CAB 158/15/50
Document Types
Memorandum
File Reference
CAB 158/15
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab158.0015.050
Keywords
Intelligence Reports Politics Political Intelligence Occupied Japan Japanese Army Allies Alliances Western Bloc Defence Propaganda Foreign Policy Diplomacy Arab World Occupied Germany Military Intelligence Military Strength Soviet Satellite States Air Power Naval Strength Weapons Production Assessing Enemy Strength
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Ministry of Defence Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
20
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Ministry of Defence and Cabinet Office: Central Intelligence Machinery: Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Later Committee: Memoranda (JIC Series). Joint Intelligence Committee: Memoranda 1-62
Themes
Intelligence Operations

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