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1. Situation in South China; 2. Intelligence on China; 3. The Refugee Problem Likely to Arise in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East in the Event of a War with Russia; 4.; 5. Intelligence Requirements from Acabrit; 6. Priorities of Tasks for the Collection of Intelligence Information in Germany; 7. Russian Action against Greece in the Event of Major War

1 Jan 1948

TOP SECRET 2. INTELLIGENCE ON CHINA TOP SECRET (Previous Reference: J.I.C. (49) 45th Meeting, Minute 1) THE COMMITTEE had before them a minute+ by the Secretary covering a collated list of the questions which Departments wished to put to the Americans through liaison channels in the Far East. In discussion certain amendments to the collated list were suggested and approved. THE COMMITTEE:Approved the collated list of questions as amended in discussion and instructed the Secretary to forward it to the Joint Intelligence Committee, Far East, for passing to the Americans through their liaison channels.
china refugees cyprus jordan hong kong greece germany russia austria colonies international relations cold war palestine surveillance arab world contingency planning liaison military operations military intelligence empire security service intelligence gathering ministry of defence joint intelligence staff joint intelligence sub-committee john gardiner chiefs of staff foreign office british intelligence organisation stewart menzies intelligence services responsibilities joint intelligence bureau percy sillitoe threat of war with the ussr joint intelligence committee (middle east) roger hollis communist information bureau intelligence requirements intelligence priorities occupied germany kenneth strong invasion threat predicting enemy intentions assessing enemy strength military situation reports joint intelligence committee (far east) valentine boucher soviet strategy chinese communists chinese civil war occupied austria
Collection ID
CAB159
Conflict
Cold War
Countries
Austria China Cyprus Germany Greece Jordan Palestine Russia
Document Reference
CAB 159/5/49
Document Types
Summary
File Reference
CAB 159/5
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab159.0005.049
Keywords
Chinese Civil War Military Operations Military Situation Reports Hong Kong Colonies Empire Invasion Threat Chinese Communists Intelligence Requirements Liaison Refugees Threat Of War With The Ussr Contingency Planning Arab World Occupied Austria Intelligence Services Responsibilities Intelligence Gathering British Intelligence Organisation Intelligence Priorities Occupied Germany Soviet Strategy Predicting Enemy Intentions Assessing Enemy Strength
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Communist Information Bureau Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Bureau Joint Intelligence Committee (Far East) Joint Intelligence Committee (Middle East) Joint Intelligence Staff Ministry of Defence Security Service Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
6
Persons Discussed
Valentine Boucher John Gardiner Roger Hollis Stewart Menzies 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 1-64
Themes
Military Intelligence Surveillance International Relations

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