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1. Soviet Strategic Intentions

1 Jul 1953

GUARD TOP SECRET before them they could select from the many competing demands for resources those, and only those, which it was essential to meet. He pointed out that as the fighting went on and Soviet casualties increased, strategic priorities would have more and more effect on the weight and direction of the Soviet effort. It was for these reasons that the Committee had considered that the paper should concentrate on estimating Soviet intentions although he agreed that eventually this might have some effect on the estimates of the Soviet scale of attack.
strategy international relations manpower cold war contingency planning military intelligence soviet foreign policy ministry of defence joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff foreign office intelligence reports joint intelligence bureau threat of war with the ussr intelligence requirements military strength predicting enemy intentions geographic intelligence assessing enemy strength british joint services mission francis fressanges patrick dean eric searight anthony buzzard
Collection ID
CAB159
Conflict
Cold War
Document Reference
CAB 159/14/9
Document Types
Summary
File Reference
CAB 159/14
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab159.0014.009
Keywords
Strategy Soviet Foreign Policy Predicting Enemy Intentions Assessing Enemy Strength Contingency Planning Threat Of War With The Ussr Intelligence Reports Military Intelligence Military Strength Geographic Intelligence Manpower Intelligence Requirements
Languages
English
Organizations
British Joint Services Mission Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Bureau Ministry of Defence Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
3
Persons Discussed
Anthony Buzzard Patrick Dean Francis Fressanges Eric Searight
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 71-133
Themes
International Relations Military Intelligence

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