1. Internal Security Situation in Cyprus; 2. Likely Effects of Communist Successes in China; 3. Ground Reconnaissances in Turkey; 4. Guided Weapons - Inter Services Intelligence Study; 5. The Refugee Problem Likely to Arise in the Middle East in the Event of War with Russia; 6. Diplomatic Clearance for Photographic Reconnaissance Flights in the Middle East; 7. Interrogation of Refugees for Intelligence Purposes; 8. Intelligence on the Middle East for Commonwealth Countries; 9. Shape and Size of the Armed Forces-Intelligence Expenditure;

A volume of meeting minutes of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC). The JIC was formed of representatives from the intelligence services, the armed services, and the Foreign Office. Its purpose was to assess military, security, and foreign policy requirements and coordinate Britain's intelligence organisations accordingly. The JIC members discussed a vast range of international and domestic issues in their meetings. In this file, subjects documented include indications of Soviet preparedness for war; the progress of the Chinese Civil War; the threat posed by Chinese communists to Hong Kong; methods for encouraging and exploiting defections from Eastern Bloc countries; Soviet policy regarding Berlin; Soviet subversion techniques; the danger of sabotage on targets in the United Kingdom; aerial reconnaissance in Turkey and the Middle East; information sharing with NATO and the Commonwealth; the threat of war between Afghanistan and Pakistan; and the illegal smuggling of weapons into Palestine.