2. ROLES OF THE S.A.S. IN A FUTURE WAR. SECRET MAJOR GENERAL SHORTT said that he had received from the Director of Land/Air Warfare a memorandum+ on the employment of Special Air Service (S.A.S.) Units. The Director of Land/Air Warfare was engaged in conjunction with the Director of Military Operations and the Director of Military Training, in an examination of the roles of the S.A.S. in a future war and the theatres in which it would be most profitable to employ them. There were two types of operations for which it was considered the S.A.S.
- Collection ID
- CAB159
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Azerbaijan Germany Persia Soviet Union United Kingdom United States of America
- Document Reference
- CAB 159/8/23
- Document Types
- Summary
- File Reference
- CAB 159/8
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab159.0008.023
- Keywords
- Intelligence Services Responsibilities British Intelligence Organisation Intelligence Gathering Intelligence Requirements Intelligence Channels Geographic Intelligence Intelligence Reports Military Operations Special Operations Military Organisation Contingency Planning War Preparations Release Of Information Weapons Trade Military Supplies War Materials Resources Assessing Enemy Strength Military Strength Economy Economic Intelligence Industry Industrial Intelligence Threat Of War With The Ussr Mobilisation Military Intelligence Intelligence Funding Anglo-american Relations American Intelligence Services Information Sharing Conferences
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Bureau Joint Intelligence Committee (Germany) Joint Intelligence Staff Ministry of Defence Secret Intelligence Service Security Service Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 7
- Persons Discussed
- John Gardiner Stewart Menzies Neill Ogilvie-Forbes Patrick Reilly Arthur Shortt Percy Sillitoe Kenneth Strong
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Intelligence Organization Military Intelligence Intelligence Operations
