4. Submarine attacks by bombardment of Bahrein and Bushire; by torpedo attack on shipping in these ports and by minelaying in the Shatt-el-Arab and Khor Musa, is also possible; as is bombardment or a blocking operation by disguised merchant vessels. 5. In event of German invasion of Turkey or an advance into the Caucasus the whole area may be subject to a scale of attack by land based aircraft which may include minelaying in the waters of the Khor Muse and Shatt-el-Arab. Land attack may be expected to follow.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Ceylon Iraq Qatar Russia Seychelles Turkey
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/107/11
- Document Types
- Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 81/107
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0107.011
- Keywords
- Coastal Defence Predicting Enemy Intentions Japanese Strategy
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Intelligence Staff
- Pages
- 3
- Persons Discussed
- Denis Capel-Dunn
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
