THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT The circulation of this paper has been strictly limited. It is issued for the personal use of TOP SECRET Copy No. 14 J.I.C.(44) 516 (0) 30TH DECEMBER, 1944 WAR CABINET JOINT INTELLIGENCE SUB-COMMITTEE SCALE OF AIR ATTACK ON MERCHANT SHIPPING Note by the Secretary The Chiefs of Staff Committee at their meeting+ this morning, considered C.O.S.(44) 1056 (0), Defence of Merchant Shipping by Maritime Royal Artillery. Before coming to any conclusion on the release of Army personnel now employed in the anti-aircraft defence of merchant shipping, they required an estimate of the world wide scale of enemy air attack on British and British controlled merchant shipping.