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| Document Title | 1. Meeting with the Joint Intelligence Staff; 2. Photographic Intelligence and Survey Requirements in the Middle East; 3. Scale and Nature of Initial Air Attack on the United Kingdom - 1957; 4. Intelligence Brief for the United Kingdom Delegation to the Five Power Military Committee; 5. Political Activities in South East Asia with Special Reference to Communism; 6. Russian Preparedness for War; 7. Visit of the Chairman to the Middle East and Far East; 8. Evidence of Certain Soviet Activities |
| Reference | CAB 159/5 |
| Document Date | 1 April 1949 |
| Conflicts | Cold War |
| Themes | Intelligence Organisation and Administration, Military Intelligence and Operations, Foreign Policy and International Relations |
| Regions | East Asia, Europe, Middle East, South Asia |
| Countries | Federation of Malaya, Germany, India, Israel, Malaya, Singapore, Soviet Union, United Kingdom |
| Document Type | Meeting Minutes |
| Organisations | Chiefs of Staff, Foreign Office, Joint Intelligence Bureau, Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee, Joint Intelligence Committee (Far East), Joint Intelligence Committee (Germany), Joint Intelligence Committee (Middle East), Joint Intelligence Staff, Ministry of Defence, Secret Intelligence Service, Security Service |
| People | Thomas Elmhirst, John Gardiner, William Hayter, Guy Liddell, Stewart Menzies, Douglas Packard, Lawrence Pendred, Percy Sillitoe, Kenneth Strong |
| Notes | Sections of this document have been retained under Section 3(4) of the Public Records Act, 1958. |
Keywords
intelligence requirements, aerial reconnaissance, photographic reconnaissance, mapping, topographical intelligence, geographic intelligence, intelligence gathering, threat of war with the USSR, predicting enemy intentions, assessing enemy strength, air warfare, air raids, bombing, defence, contingency planning, Soviet air force, air power, intelligence reports, information sharing, intelligence distribution, alliances, politics, communism, political intelligence, ideology, war preparations, Arab world, British intelligence organisation, attachés, Anglo-Israeli relations, intelligence channels, Anglo-American relations, American intelligence services, security, secrecy, intelligence services responsibilities, colonies, empire, liaison, Soviet foreign policy, subversion, Soviet strategy
