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Security of Atomic Energy Production Plant

1 Jan 1946

ANNEX Draft Letter from the Secretary, Chiefs of Staff Committee (or General Sir Hastings Ismay). to Lord Portal of Hungerford With reference to your letter dated (to General Sir Hastings Ismay), the Chiefs of Staff have examined the question of the security risk to our plants, vis-a-vis third Powers. They consider that there are two aspects to the problem, namely, sabotage and leakage of information, and enemy action in time of war. Sabotage and Leakage of Information 2. The Chiefs of Staff feel that it must naturally be assumed that the risk of sabotage and leakage of information is prevalent as for any other highly secret weapon.
security united kingdom canada espionage atomic energy nuclear warfare cold war defence counter-intelligence security service secrecy wireless communications sabotage leakage of information joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff weapons technology atomic warfare british domestic security joint planning staff counter-espionage edmund rushbrooke air raid precautions invasion threat hastings ismay thomas elmhirst harold caccia british strategy
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Cold War
Countries
Canada United Kingdom
Document Reference
CAB 81/132/34
Document Types
Report Correspondence
File Reference
CAB 81/132
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0132.034
Keywords
Atomic Energy Atomic Warfare Security Sabotage Secrecy Leakage Of Information Counter-intelligence Defence Counter-espionage Air Raid Precautions Wireless Communications Espionage Invasion Threat British Strategy
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Planning Staff Security Service
Pages
4
Persons Discussed
Harold Caccia Thomas Elmhirst Hastings Ismay 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
Weapons Technology Nuclear Warfare British Domestic Security

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