4. At the Meeting yesterday+ with the Directors of Plans, the Director Joint Intelligence Bureau submitted a letterx explaining the factors which rendered it unprofitable for any report to be undertaken on the required lines for at least twelve months. The Directors of Plans explained the difficulties with which they were faced in preparing their estimate of the military capabilities of the Commonwealth countries, and of the United Kingdom and the U.S.A.; it was hoped, however, to have the estimates concerning the Commonwealth countries from the respective Commonwealth Staffs in the near future.
- Collection ID
- CAB158
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Afghanistan Albania Algeria Argentina Australia Austria Azores Belgian Congo Belgium Bolivia Brazil British Guiana Bulgaria Burma Canada Ceylon Chile China Colombia Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark Dutch Guiana Egypt England Finland France Germany Gold Coast Great Britain Greece Greenland Guiana Hungary Iceland India Indochina Indonesia Iraq Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Korea Lebanon Libya Luxembourg Malaya Malta Mexico Mongolia Morocco Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Northern Rhodesia Norway Pakistan Palestine Persia Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Rhodesia Romania Russia Siam Sierra Leone South Africa Southern Rhodesia Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Syria Transjordan Trinidad Tunisia Turkey Uganda United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay Venezuela Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- CAB 158/1/44
- Document Types
- Report Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 158/1
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab158.0001.044
- Keywords
- Soviet Foreign Policy Assessing Enemy Strength Military Intelligence Diplomatic Intelligence Economic Intelligence Foreign Policy Predicting Enemy Intentions Security Defence Contingency Planning War Preparations Atomic Warfare Biological Warfare Chemical Warfare Naval Strength Manpower Military Strength War Materials Aircraft
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Commonwealth Relations Office Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Bureau Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Intelligence Staff Joint Planning Staff Ministry of Defence United Nations
- Pages
- 51
- Persons Discussed
- Paul Gleadell William Hayter Douglas Packard Lawrence Pendred Josef Stalin Kenneth Strong
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Intelligence Operations British Domestic Security International Relations
