GUARD TOP SECRET AIR COMMODORE WOOLLEY said that whereas the paper in its original form was confined to purely material issues, the Foreign Office footnote at the bottom of paragraph 8 had opened the door to political considerations. The discussion on morale raised difficult issues; to ignore it was to deprive the paper of realism, yet to discuss it adequately one must take into account the reactions of the Chinese to preparations in Indo China, and French calculations as to what they would save from the wreck in Indo China if and when "the Viet Minh problem is reduced to manageable proportions" (Mr.
- Collection ID
- CAB159
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- China Indochina Korea Vietnam
- Document Reference
- CAB 159/13/20
- Document Types
- Summary
- File Reference
- CAB 159/13
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab159.0013.020
- Keywords
- French Armed Forces First Indochina War Colonies Empire Imperial Defence Colonial Independence Movements Military Intelligence Military Operations Military Situation Reports Morale Strategy Intelligence Reports Intelligence Requirements Communism Chinese Foreign Policy Predicting Enemy Intentions Assessing Enemy Strength Invasion Threat Air Power Aircraft Anti-aircraft Defence Air Warfare Chinese Air Force Airfields Air Intelligence Military Strength Communications Communications Interception Broadcast Services Intelligence Gathering Intelligence Channels
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Bureau Ministry of Defence Security Service United Nations Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 5
- Persons Discussed
- Guy Liddell Eric Searight Percy Sillitoe John Sinclair
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence Surveillance
