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1. The Scale and Likelihood of a Jewish Attack of the Arab Section in Palestine or of Jewish Violation of Transjordan Territory; 2. Russian Action Against Greece in the Event of a Major War; 3. Beach Reconnaissances - Middle East

1 Jan 1948

TOP SECRET. 2. RUSSIAN ACTION AGAINST GREECE IN THE EVENT OF A MAJOR WAR. J.I.C.(M.E.) (48) 60 (Final). TH COMMITTEE considered a report by the Joint Intelligence Committee, (Middle East), on Russian action against Greece in the event of a major war which had been circulated under cover of a Minute by the Secretary+, CAPTAIN BAKER-CRESSWELL said that certain important factors had been omitted from this report. No mention had been made therein of Soviet or Satellite naval activity such as any submarine threat from Albania or Yugoslavia, the use of the sea supply route to Greece by transports, caiques etc., or the possibility of seaborne invasion of Corfu, including sources of the necessary shipping.
turkey mapping albania greece diplomacy foreign policy international relations jews transjordan yugoslavia cold war palestine surveillance arab world contingency planning defence military intelligence security service partition intelligence gathering border disputes soviet foreign policy diplomatic disputes aerial reconnaissance ministry of defence joint intelligence staff joint intelligence sub-committee john gardiner chiefs of staff foreign office joint intelligence bureau percy sillitoe threat of war with the ussr joint intelligence committee (middle east) guy liddell intelligence requirements kenneth strong predicting enemy intentions geographic intelligence topographical intelligence photographic reconnaissance assessing enemy strength valentine boucher military objectives beach reconnaissance
Collection ID
CAB159
Conflict
Cold War
Countries
Albania Greece Palestine Transjordan Turkey Yugoslavia
Document Reference
CAB 159/4/69
Document Types
Summary
File Reference
CAB 159/4
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab159.0004.069
Keywords
Arab World Contingency Planning Jews Border Disputes Predicting Enemy Intentions Partition Foreign Policy Diplomacy Diplomatic Disputes Threat Of War With The Ussr Soviet Foreign Policy Military Objectives Assessing Enemy Strength Military Intelligence Geographic Intelligence Defence Beach Reconnaissance Aerial Reconnaissance Photographic Reconnaissance Mapping Topographical Intelligence Intelligence Requirements Intelligence Gathering
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Bureau Joint Intelligence Committee (Middle East) Joint Intelligence Staff Ministry of Defence Security Service Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
4
Persons Discussed
Valentine Boucher John Gardiner Guy Liddell Percy Sillitoe Kenneth Strong
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Ministry of Defence and Cabinet Office: Central Intelligence Machinery: Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Later Committee: Minutes (JIC Series). Joint Intelligence Committee. Meetings 63 (0)-142
Themes
Military Intelligence Surveillance International Relations

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