A file of reports, memoranda, and correspondence generated by the Permanent Under-Secretary's Committee (PUSC) in 1950. Subjects discussed in this file include British military policy towards Germany, and discussions with the German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer about the creation of a new post-war German army; British overseas obligations, and the resulting strain on the country; sterling balances; British defence expenditure, both domestic and imperial; the creation of Western cooperation organisations, and the Soviet hostility to these; and the advantages and disadvantages of German reunification.