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Document Title | 1. Meeting with Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst; 2. Political Activities in South East Asia with Special Reference to Communism; 3. Exchange of Information with India; 4. Implications of the Civil Wars in Burma and China; 5. Photographic Intelligence and Survey Requirements in Persial and Syria; 6. Intelligence Representative for Planning Team to Australia and New Zealand; 7. Situation in South China; 8. Disclosure of Anglo-American Information to Third Parties; 9. Chairman, J.S.I.C. |
Reference | CAB 159/5 |
Document Date | 13 May 1949 |
Conflicts | Cold War |
Themes | Intelligence Gathering and Surveillance, Intelligence Organisation and Administration, Military Intelligence and Operations |
Regions | East Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Pacific, South Asia |
Countries | Australia, Burma, China, India, Malaya, New Zealand, Persia, Russia, Syria, United States of America |
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 (Washington), Joint Intelligence Staff, Ministry of Defence, Security Service |
People | Thomas Elmhirst, John Gardiner, Stewart Menzies, Douglas Packard, Lawrence Pendred, Percy Sillitoe, Kenneth Strong |
Keywords
personnel, communism, politics, political intelligence, intelligence reports, empire, colonies, former colonies, information sharing, Indian intelligence services, Anglo-Indian relations, intelligence channels, Chinese Civil War, Chinese politics, Burmese politics, Chinese communists, contingency planning, press reports, Soviet-Chinese relations, Hong Kong, invasion threat, food supplies, agriculture, intelligence requirements, photographic reconnaissance, aerial reconnaissance, mapping, geographic intelligence, topographical intelligence, intelligence gathering, military operations, military situation reports, imperial defence, release of information, Anglo-American relations, American intelligence services, Canadian intelligence services, intelligence distribution