ANNEX. MEMORANDUM BY THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, AIR MINISTRY. In C.O.S. full Paper No.(39) 125 the question of sea-borne and air-borne attack on the United Kingdom was examined and conclusions and recommendations set out:"The main conclusions we have reached as to the risks of air-borne and sea-borne raids on, or invasion of the British Isles can be summarised as under:(i) We confirm the conclusions in our previous report that small-scale parachute raids or small unescorted sea-borne land attacks are possible, but do not constitute a serious threat.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Belgium Denmark England Germany Great Britain Netherlands Norway United Kingdom
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/96/36
- Document Types
- Memorandum Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/96
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0096.036
- Keywords
- Invasion Threat Defence Paratroopers Norwegian Campaign Aliens German Airborne Troops
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Security Service Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 6
- Persons Discussed
- Andrew Barnard
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence British Domestic Security
