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Far East Appreciation. Draft Prepared by the Joint Planning Sub-Committee

1 Jun 1936

298 3 FAR EASTERN APPRECIATION, 1937. PART I.—INTRODUCTION. Assumptions. IN Paper No. C.O.S. 459 (J.P.) the Chiefs of Staff approved of our proposal to prepare an appreciation of the situation in the Far East as it would stand to-day in the event of war against Japan, assuming that we would not simultaneously be embarrassed by hostilities against a European Power. 2. Even if the recently-announced agreement between Japan and Germany as to their joint attitude to Bolshevism is left out of account, the problem of war against Japan can never be independent of the political situation in Europe and the rest of the world.

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Collection ID
CAB56
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Afghanistan Australia Brunei Burma Canada China Dutch East Indies Egypt Falkland Islands Federated Malay States Formosa France Germany Great Britain India Indochina Iraq Jamaica Japan Korea Malaya Malta Mongolia Netherlands New Zealand Panama Philippines Portugal Russia Siam Singapore South Africa Trinidad United Kingdom United States of America
Document Reference
CAB 56/2/30
Document Types
Report
File Reference
CAB 56/2
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab56.0002.030
Keywords
Pacific War Empire Imperial Defence Neutrality Occupied China Threat Of War With Japan Sino-japanese War Communications Colonies Shipping Trade Economy Imports Food Supplies War Materials Armaments Finances Assessing Enemy Strength Japanese Army Japanese Air Force Japanese Navy Military Bases Naval Warfare Aerial Attacks Poison Gas Secrecy Intelligence Gathering Transportation Hong Kong Japanese Strategy Public Morale Invasion Invasion Threat Sabotage Aerial Attacks On Ships Security Royal Navy Suez Canal Propaganda Landing Places Climate Geographic Intelligence Amphibious Operations Combined Operations Surprise Attacks Naval Bombardment British Army Anti-aircraft Defence Coastal Defence Politics Colonial Troops
Languages
English
Organizations
Committee of Imperial Defence Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
53
Persons Discussed
Leslie Hollis
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Committee of Imperial Defence, Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee. Memoranda. June 1936 - May 1937. Papers Numbers JIC 1-35. Volume I
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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