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Effects of Soviet Occupation of Western Europe: Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) Paper

7 Nov 1949

A file of reports, correspondence, and memoranda discussing a speculative Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) paper on the effects of a Soviet occupation of Western Europe. The report makes a number of predictions about the situation in Western Europe after a massive Soviet invasion and occupation, including the installation of puppet governments; the elimination of the elites; the assumption of control over the economy and agriculture of each country; and the levels of resistance in each country. The file also includes a series of letters and memoranda discussing the conclusions of the report and vigorously contesting several of its premises, such as the assumption that there would be no large-scale use of atomic weapons. The documents also discuss the problematic compilation of the report, and whether it was at all a useful exercise.
agriculture united kingdom politics france economy belgium poland portugal latvia united states of america germany russia austria communism czechoslovakia denmark estonia international relations italy lithuania netherlands norway spain sweden switzerland great britain soviet union cold war east germany military intelligence adolf hitler soviet satellite states holland ministry of defence joint intelligence staff john gardiner chiefs of staff foreign office atomic warfare intelligence organization stewart menzies underground resistance joint planning staff geheime staatspolizei joint intelligence bureau percy sillitoe patrick reilly threat of war with the ussr permanent under-secretary's department soviet-occupied europe western bloc
Collection ID
FO1093
Conflict
Cold War
Countries
Austria Belgium Czechoslovakia Denmark East Germany Estonia France Germany Great Britain Holland Italy Latvia Lithuania Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Russia Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States of America
Document Reference
FO 1093/527/2
Document Types
Report Correspondence Memorandum
File Reference
FO 1093/527
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0527.002
Keywords
Threat Of War With The Ussr Western Bloc Soviet-occupied Europe Politics Economy Communism Soviet Satellite States Underground Resistance Atomic Warfare Agriculture
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Geheime Staatspolizei Joint Intelligence Bureau Joint Intelligence Staff Joint Planning Staff Ministry of Defence Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
Pages
150
Persons Discussed
John Gardiner Adolf Hitler Stewart Menzies Patrick Reilly Percy Sillitoe
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
International Relations Intelligence Organization Military Intelligence

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