7. It is unlikely that they would consider the occupation of the Andaman or Nicobar Islands a necessary prelude to an attack on Ceylon. In any case a minor operation to neutralise Port Blair and Nancowry could be staged at any time. 8. It is estimated that the following ships are available, from those now believed to be in the Java area, to carry out a raid on Ceylon or to support an invading force:3 old but fast 14" Battleships, recently modernised. 4 8" Cruisers. 6 6" Cruisers. 2 or 3 5.5" Cruisers.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Ceylon India
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/106/72
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/106
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0106.072
- Keywords
- Imperial Defence Pacific War Predicting Enemy Intentions Assessing Enemy Strength Japanese Navy
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 2
- Persons Discussed
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson John Godfrey Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
