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Soviet Foreign Policy after the War. Note by the Secretary

1 Jan 1944

5. But this prediction is based on the assumption that the Russians did not suspect us of having designs hostile to her security, and that largely depends on whether she is satisfied with the measures taken to render·Germany (and Japan) innocuous. Should she not be so satisfied (and her demands are likely to be high and her methods perhaps very drastic to British and American eyes), she will always be in fear of an eventual combination with Germany against her, her attitude to this country will be suspicious and potentially antagonistic, she will be more preoccupied with her own security and will take her own measures to provide for it.
pakistan india china mongolia afghanistan turkey france belgium japan iraq bulgaria poland united states of america finland germany russia resources czechoslovakia denmark ideology international relations italy lithuania netherlands norway reparations romania russian empire sweden great britain soviet union korea second world war contingency planning casualties ottoman empire soviet foreign policy soviet satellite states persia joint intelligence staff joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff foreign office post-war planning denis capel-dunn war materials anglo-soviet relations soviet society josef stalin post-hostilities planning
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Afghanistan Belgium Bulgaria China Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain India Iraq Italy Japan Korea Lithuania Mongolia Netherlands Norway Ottoman Empire Pakistan Persia Poland Romania Russia Russian Empire Soviet Union Sweden Turkey United States of America
Document Reference
CAB 81/120/62
Document Types
Memorandum Report
File Reference
CAB 81/120
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0120.062
Keywords
Soviet Foreign Policy Post-war Planning Anglo-soviet Relations Casualties Soviet Society War Materials Resources Contingency Planning Ideology Reparations Soviet Satellite States
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Intelligence Staff Post-Hostilities Planning
Pages
18
Persons Discussed
Denis Capel-Dunn Josef Stalin
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Memoranda. January - February 1944. Papers Numbers. JIC 1-70. Volume XXX
Themes
International Relations

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