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Document Title | 1. Russian Preparedness for War; 2. Exchange of Views with the United States; 3. Situation in South China; 4. The Use of Atomic Bombs in a War Against the Soviet Union; 5. Chairman, Joint Intelligence Committee, Far East; 6. Policy and Procedure for Handling Political Refugees of Intelligence Value; 7. Possibility of Russian Armed Action Against Yugoslavia; 8. Communist Propaganda in Africa; 9. Visit by Head of the Joint Intelligence Bureau, Canada. |
Reference | CAB 159/6 |
Document Date | 9 September 1949 |
Conflicts | Cold War |
Themes | Military Intelligence and Operations, Foreign Policy and International Relations, Propaganda, Censorship and Psychological Warfare |
Regions | Africa, East Asia, Europe, North America |
Countries | Austria, Canada, China, Germany, Kenya, Portuguese East Africa, Rhodesia, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, United States of America, Yugoslavia |
Document Type | Meeting Minutes |
Organisations | Central Intelligence Agency, Chiefs of Staff, Foreign Office, Joint Intelligence Bureau, Joint Intelligence Committee (Far East), Joint Intelligence Committee (Germany), Joint Intelligence Staff, Ministry of Defence, Secret Intelligence Service, Security Service, Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee |
People | William Hayter, Stewart Menzies, Douglas Packard, Percy Sillitoe, Kenneth Strong |
Keywords
war preparations, military intelligence, contingency planning, predicting enemy intentions, assessing enemy strength, threat of war with the USSR, mobilisation, information sharing, Anglo-American relations, intelligence channels, intelligence distribution, American intelligence services, Chinese Civil War, military strength, military situation reports, Hong Kong, colonies, empire, imperial defence, Chinese Nationalists, blockades, economic warfare, intelligence reports, intelligence requirements, atomic warfare, strategy, personnel, British intelligence organisation, refugees, political intelligence, intelligence gathering, interrogation, defectors, Soviet-Yugoslav relations, invasion threat, foreign policy, diplomatic disputes, propaganda, subversion, political dissent, communism