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Possibility of an Imminent Attack on Cyprus and Syria. Report by the J.I.C.

1 Apr 1942

airborne are available might be parachutists operations against the Nile Delta, but small sabotage or anti-sabotage used airborne if so, probably only parties would be dropped. possibility and Syria and imminent airborne We report as follows: We operations against Cyprus attack on the Nile Delta. POSSIBILITY OF IMMINENT COMBINED OPERATIONS AGAINST CYPRUS AND SYRIA AND IMMINENT AIRBORNE ATTACK ON THE NILE DELTA. Report by the Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee. WAR 2ND JULY, 1942. THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT The circulation of this paper has been strictly limited.
libya syria cyprus crete second world war contingency planning military intelligence paratroopers joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff victor cavendish-bentinck denis capel-dunn geoffrey vickers predicting enemy intentions italian army invasion preparations francis davidson john godfrey charles medhurst
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Cyprus Libya Syria
Document Reference
CAB 81/108/94
Document Types
Report
File Reference
CAB 81/108
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0108.094
Keywords
Predicting Enemy Intentions Contingency Planning Invasion Preparations Paratroopers Italian Army
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
2
Persons Discussed
Denis Capel-Dunn Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson John Godfrey Charles Medhurst Geoffrey Vickers
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Memoranda. April - July 1942. Papers Numbers. JIC 156-255. Volume XVIII
Themes
Military Intelligence

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