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Progress Report by Lord Bearsted's Committee on Japanese Armaments. Note by Secretary

1 Oct 1942

of Japanese firms domiciled in the two countries, it should be possible to estimate with a reasonable degree of accuracy the size of the Japanese armament industries at the time of Japan's entry into the war. From a comparatively small cross-section of the documents so far examined, it is evident that the Japanese armament programme started in 1937 and was at that date chiefly concerned with the erection and equipment of new factories and arsenals. This view is supported by an independent analysis of the budget appropriations for the armed forces during the years preceding the war.
armaments industry nuclear warfare second world war joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff foreign office weapons technology ministry of economic warfare intelligence reports victor cavendish-bentinck denis capel-dunn pacific war
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
CAB 81/111/50
Document Types
Correspondence
File Reference
CAB 81/111
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0111.050
Keywords
Pacific War Armaments Intelligence Reports Industry
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Ministry of Economic Warfare
Pages
2
Persons Discussed
Denis Capel-Dunn Victor Cavendish-Bentinck
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Memoranda. October - November 1942. Papers Numbers. JIC 407-460. Volume XXI
Themes
Weapons Technology Nuclear Warfare

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