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	8 September 1953
Conflicts	Cold War
Themes	Weapons Technology and Nuclear Warfare, Military Intelligence and Operations
Regions	East Asia, Europe, Middle East
Countries	Egypt, England, Wales
Document Type	Memoranda, Reports
Organisations	Chiefs of Staff, Joint Intelligence Staff, Ministry of Defence, Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
People	Valentine Boucher, Anthony Buzzard, Charles Carstairs, Patrick Dean, Francis Fressanges, Eric Searight, Kenneth Strong
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, military objectives, water supplies, strategy, threat of war with the USSR, contingency planning, predicting enemy intentions, Soviet strategy

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