BRIGADIER ALLEN said that he considered that the present Russian motive which had been described as a search for security could equally well be described as making appropriate preparations for a future war. MR. CRICK suggested that the last two words of paragraph 2 of the Fundamental Assumptions should be amended to read "improvement of her strategic position". There was general agreement to this suggestion. A MAJOR GENERAL SINCLAIR referring to the proposed Appendi* I said that he considered it would be wrong to arrive at the most likely situation in various countries only by the study of the political aspects.
- Collection ID
- CAB159
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Afghanistan Greece India Norway Pakistan Persia Russia South Africa Soviet Union United States of America Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- CAB 159/1/54
- Document Types
- Summary
- File Reference
- CAB 159/1
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab159.0001.054
- Keywords
- Contingency Planning Predicting Enemy Intentions Assessing Enemy Strength Foreign Policy Soviet Foreign Policy Communism Security Defence Atomic Warfare British Intelligence Organisation Arab World Intelligence Gathering Intelligence Requirements Intelligence Services Responsibilities Geographic Intelligence Greek Civil War Military Intelligence Secrecy Intelligence Distribution Intelligence Channels Intelligence Reports Recruitment Manpower German Army Soviet Army Personnel Colonies Empire Allies
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Bureau Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Intelligence Committee (Middle East) Joint Intelligence Staff Joint Planning Staff Ministry of Defence Security Service
- Pages
- 9
- Persons Discussed
- Alan Crick Stewart Menzies Edward Parry John Sinclair Kenneth Strong Gerald Templer
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- International Relations Intelligence Organization Military Intelligence
