Retained by Department under Section 3(4) - Secret Intelligence Files

Document Title	Retained by Department under Section 3(4)
Reference	CAB 158/16
Document Date	10 August 1953
Conflicts	Cold War
Themes	Weapons Technology and Nuclear Warfare, Military Intelligence and Operations
Regions	Europe
Countries	Russia, Soviet Union, USSR
Document Type	Memoranda, Reports
Organisations	Chiefs of Staff, Joint Intelligence Staff, Ministry of Defence, Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
People	Valentine Boucher, Norman Brook, Anthony Buzzard, Patrick Dean, Francis Fressanges
Notes	This document was retained under Section 3(4) of the Public Records Act, 1958 in September 1996, but was released in June 2013.

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atomic warfare, sabotage, smuggling, surprise attacks, predicting enemy intentions, contingency planning, technology, nuclear weapons, Soviet strategy, threat of war with the USSR

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