TOP SECRET ANNEX LIKELIHOOD OF GENERAL WAR WITH THE USSR UP TO THE END OF 1955 Introduction Our last reportø on the likelihood of general war with the Soviet Union, which covered the period up to the end of 1955, was written in December 1952. Its conclusions were:(a) The Soviet Government will still wish to avoid starting a general war in the period under review. (b) They will, however, continue to conduct an unremitting struggle against the Western Powers by every means open to them which they calculate can stop short of general war.
- Collection ID
- CAB158
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Austria China East Germany Germany Hungary Indochina Israel Korea Soviet Union Turkey USSR Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- CAB 158/16/19
- Document Types
- Memorandum Report
- File Reference
- CAB 158/16
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab158.0016.019
- Keywords
- Threat Of War With The Ussr Contingency Planning Predicting Enemy Intentions Soviet Foreign Policy Soviet Government Politicians Civil Unrest Occupied Germany Economy Soviet Satellite States Politics Atomic Warfare Nuclear Weapons Weapons Development
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Staff Ministry of Defence Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 7
- Persons Discussed
- Valentine Boucher Anthony Buzzard Charles Carstairs Patrick Dean Francis Fressanges Eric Searight Josef Stalin Kenneth Strong
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence International Relations
