(THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT). TO BE KEPT UNDER LOCK AND KEY. It is requested that special care may be taken to ensure the secrecy of this document. S E C R E T. J.I.C.(40) 333. COPY NO. 26 22ND OCTOBER, 1940. WAR CABINET. JOINT INTELLIGENCE SUB-COMMITTEE. MATERIALS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS IN NEUTRAL COUNTRIES. Memorandum by the Ministry of Economic Warfare. The Permits Committee of the Ministry of Economic Warfare is being faced repeatedly with the necessity of taking decisions which raise important questions of policy with regard to the condition of communications in the remaining neutral countries of Europe (i.e.