SECRET GUARD (d) British Honduras is the only colony against which there is any likelihood of external aggression. The only significant threat to the colony is from Guatemala, and even so it is unlikely that Guatemala would attack unless there were serious internal dissensions in the colony, or unless HMG were engaged in a major war end could not spare forces to defend it. Although there is an unofficial Venezuelan claim to British Guiana, we foresee no risk of an attempted invasion. (Sigend) P.H.
- Collection ID
- CAB158
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda British Guiana British Honduras Cuba Grenada Guatemala Guiana Honduras Jamaica Mexico Spain Tobago Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago United States of America Venezuela
- Document Reference
- CAB 158/16/24
- Document Types
- Report Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 158/16
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab158.0016.024
- Keywords
- Colonies Empire Civil Unrest British Army Predicting Enemy Intentions Contingency Planning Security Defence Economy Communism Oil Resources Police Political Intelligence Colonial Independence Movements Foreign Policy Border Disputes Anti-british Feeling Propaganda
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Communist Party of Great Britain Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Staff Ministry of Defence United Nations Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 11
- Persons Discussed
- Valentine Boucher Anthony Buzzard Patrick Dean Francis Fressanges Eric Searight Kenneth Strong Dick White
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- International Relations Military Intelligence
