Minutes of the Sixth Meeting of the Committee, Held in Conference Room "G", at the Ministry of Defence, S.W.1. on Friday, 13th January, 1950 at 10.45 a.m.

THIS IS A COPY. THE ORIGINAL IS RETAINED UNDER SECTION 3 (4) OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT 3. EFFECTS OF SOVIET OCCUPATION ON TOP SECRET WESTERN EUROPE IN THE EVENT OF WAR AFTER 1956 (Previous Reference: J.I.C. (49) 132nd Meeting, Minute 3). THE COMMITTEE had before them a minute+ by the Secretary covering a memorandum by the Joint Intelligence Staff setting out suggested assumptions on which to base a report≠ on the effects of Soviet occupation on Western Europe in the event of war after 1956. MR. REILLY recalled that these draft assumptions had been prepared in the light of the Committee's previous discussion on this matter in order to try to arrive at a workable basis from which to prepare a report which, in any case, would involve a considerable amount of guesswork. There was considerable feeling in the Departments of the Foreign Office who would be concerned with the preparation of such a report that, in view of the amount of guesswork involved, it was a matter of considerable doubt whether the resultant report would be of any value. Furthermore, the Joint Intelligence Staff had a lot of work on hand and he suggested that in the light of these considerations it might be preferable to suspend any further work on the report. + J.I.C./47/50. ≠ J.I.C. (49) 108 (Terms of Reference). -2-