State of Our Intelligence and Measures to Improve it

Document Title	State of Our Intelligence and Measures to Improve it
Reference	CAB 158/16
Document Date	1 August 1953 - 31 December 1953
Conflicts	Cold War
Themes	Intelligence Operations
Regions	Not Defined
Countries	Not Defined
Document Type	Miscellany
Organisations	Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee, Ministry of Defence
People	Not Defined
Notes	This document is located in the Secretary's Standard File.

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