A volume of reports commissioned for the Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee (JIC). The JIC was formed of representatives from the intelligence services, the armed services, and the Foreign Office. Its purpose was to assess military, security, and foreign policy requirements and coordinate Britain's intelligence organisations accordingly. A vast range of international and domestic issues are investigated and analysed in the JIC's reports. Subjects covered in this file include the causes of German defeat in the Second World War; the Soviet Union's post-war interests and intentions in Europe and the Middle East; Soviet activities in Iran; the defence of Hong Kong against a possible Chinese invasion; Soviet recruitment of German scientists; information sharing with Turkey, Sweden, and the United Nations; the security implications of releasing reports on operations in the Second World War; and the future development of biological, chemical, and atomic weaponry by various powers.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Afghanistan Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria China Crete Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary India Iraq Italy Japan Kazakhstan Korea Netherlands Norway Persia Poland Portugal Romania Russia Soviet Union Spain Sweden Syria Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America Uzbekistan Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/132/3
- Document Types
- Report Memorandum Map
- File Reference
- CAB 81/132
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0132.003
- Keywords
- Predicting Enemy Intentions Strategy Soviet Foreign Policy Assessing Enemy Strength Contingency Planning Intelligence Reports Threat Of War With The Ussr Soviet Society Intelligence Requirements Soviet Government Soviet-occupied Europe Security Defence Diplomacy Foreign Policy Anglo-soviet Relations Allies Zones Of Occupation Occupied Germany Atomic Warfare Demobilisation Soviet Strategy Eastern Bloc Propaganda Soviet Army Economy Reconstruction Ideology Resources Equipment Industry Shipping Trade Soviet Navy Manpower Oil Reparations Military Strength Weapons Production Political Warfare Communism Subversion Soviet Satellite States Geographic Intelligence Greek Civil War Arab World
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Intelligence Staff United Nations
- Pages
- 28
- Persons Discussed
- Harold Caccia Thomas Elmhirst Thomas Haddon Adolf Hitler Franklin Delano Roosevelt Edmund Rushbrooke Josef Stalin
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- International Relations Military Intelligence
