1. Review of the Situation Round the Soviet and Satellite Perimeter and other Sensitive Areas; 2. The Employment of the Soviet Armed Forces in Land Campaigns in the Event of General War - 1952-55 (JIC(53)37 Revised Draft); 3. Soviet Strategic Air Plan in the Early Stages of a General War in the Period up to 1956; 4. Probable Soviet Strategy in the Event of General War - Revision of JIC(51)118(Fin.); 5. Warning of Soviet Attack

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1. Review of the Situation Round the Soviet and Satellite Perimeter and other Sensitive Areas; 2. The Employment of the Soviet Armed Forces in Land Campaigns in the Event of General War - 1952-55 (JIC(53)37 Revised Draft); 3. Soviet Strategic Air Plan in the Early Stages of a General War in the Period up to 1956; 4. Probable Soviet Strategy in the Event of General War - Revision of JIC(51)118(Fin.); 5. Warning of Soviet Attack

1 Jan 1953

TOP SECRET be less pessimism in Indo-China itself. AIR VICE MARSHAL FRESSANGES said that it was possible that view emanating from Paris was influenced politically. THE COMMITTEE:(1) Agreed that in the West there were no indications of Soviet military aggression. (2) Agreed that in Korea there were no significant changes in the military situation. (3) Invited the Foreign Office to consult H.M. Minister in Hungary about the reports from the area of Lake Balaton. (4) Invited Air Vice Marshal Fressanges to ensure that there were no gaps in the arrangements of A.I.9 for interrogation of repatriated prisoners of war from Korea.
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Collection ID
CAB159
Conflict
Cold War
Countries
Burma Cambodia China Czechoslovakia East Germany Egypt Germany Hungary Indochina Israel Korea Laos Poland Siam Sudan
Document Reference
CAB 159/13/44
Document Types
Summary
File Reference
CAB 159/13
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab159.0013.044
Keywords
Soviet Satellite States Soviet Foreign Policy Assessing Enemy Strength Contingency Planning Predicting Enemy Intentions Threat Of War With The Ussr Iron Curtain Eastern Bloc Soviet Government Politics Political Intelligence Military Spending Military Strength Interrogation Prisoners Of War Intelligence Gathering First Indochina War Colonies Empire Morale Soviet Army Military Operations Geographic Intelligence Strategy Air Warfare Air Power Soviet Air Force Intelligence Requirements Intelligence Reports Surprise Attacks Troop Movements Mobilisation War Preparations Occupied Germany Training Recruitment Industry Exchange Of Prisoners Propaganda Communism Ideology Peace Proposals Chinese Foreign Policy Airfields Chinese Air Force Military Situation Reports French Armed Forces Colonial Independence Movements Anglo-egyptian Relations Arab World Diplomatic Intelligence Climate
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Bureau Joint Intelligence Staff Ministry of Defence Security Service United Nations Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
11
Persons Discussed
Charles Carstairs Patrick Dean Francis Fressanges Guy Liddell Arthur Shortt John Sinclair Josef Stalin Kenneth Strong
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Ministry of Defence and Cabinet Office: Central Intelligence Machinery: Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Later Committee: Minutes (JIC Series). Joint Intelligence Committee. Meetings 1-70
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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