THIS IS A COPY. THE ORIGINAL IS RETAINED UNDER SECTION 3 (4) OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT 2. SUMMARIES OF LEFT WING MINORITY ACTIVITIES AND RUSSIAN PENETRATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST. (Previous references:J.I.C.(48) 78th Meeting (0) Minute 3 and J.I.C./1416/48.) THE COMMITTEE had before them a copy of a telegram+ from the Secretary or the Joint Intelligence Committee, Middle East, informing them that very little information on Communist activities in the Middle East was obtained from special sources, and suggesting that the Middle East quarterly Communist Survey should be compiled and circulated as at present and that 'any additional information should be fowarded by signal through special channels.