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Certain Assumptions for Planning Purposes

1 Jan 1946

Wt. 30912/5368 60m 10/45 C. & Co. 745(8) 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. 33 Circulation for the consideration of the Chiefs of Staff J.I.C.(46) 19(0)(FINAL) LIMITED CIRCULATION 6TH MARCH, 1946. CHIEFS OF STAFF COMMITTEE JOINT INTELLIGENCE SUB-COMMITTEE GERMAN ASSUMPTIONS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES Report by the Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee. As instructed* we have prepared the attached draft reply to a telegramø from General Auchinleck requesting the views of the Chiefs of Staff on the following assumptions for planning purposes:(a) that there will be no war for five years; (b) that one year's warning of a major war will be given.
india united states of america russia colonies cold war contingency planning british army military intelligence empire soviet foreign policy joint intelligence staff joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff foreign office former colonies war preparations intelligence organization threat of war with the ussr edmund rushbrooke intelligence requirements predicting enemy intentions thomas haddon thomas elmhirst
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Cold War
Countries
India Russia United States of America
Document Reference
CAB 81/132/21
Document Types
Report Memorandum Correspondence
File Reference
CAB 81/132
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0132.021
Keywords
British Army Former Colonies Colonies Empire Contingency Planning Intelligence Requirements Predicting Enemy Intentions Threat Of War With The Ussr War Preparations Soviet Foreign Policy
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Intelligence Staff
Pages
4
Persons Discussed
Thomas Elmhirst Thomas Haddon Edmund Rushbrooke
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Memoranda. January - April 1946. Papers Numbers. JIC 1-40. Volume XLII
Themes
Intelligence Organization Military Intelligence

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