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Russian Interests, Intentions and Capabilities. Report by the Joint Intelligence Committee

1 Jan 1948

ANNEX I RUSSIAN INTERESTS, INTENTIONS AND CAPABILITIES 1. What is Russia trying to do? How far is she capable of doing it? The present paper is intended to give the shortest answers that we can offer to these two fundamental questions. 2. We have not felt able, at this date, to assess the full implications of the recent open breach between the Cominform and the Yugoslav Government, and in particular the effect which the schism thus revealed will have on the relationship between the Soviet Government and Communist parties outside the Soviet Union.
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Collection ID
CAB158
Conflict
Cold War
Countries
Afghanistan Albania Argentina Austria Azerbaijan Azores Belgium Bulgaria Burma Canary Islands Cape Verde China Crete Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark Egypt Estonia Finland France Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Greenland Hungary Iceland India Indochina Indonesia Iraq Italy Japan Korea Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madeira Malaya Mongolia Morocco Nazi Germany Netherlands Norway Oman Pakistan Palestine Persia Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Siam South Africa South Korea Soviet Union Spain Sudan Sweden Switzerland Syria Transjordan Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America Vietnam West Germany Yugoslavia
Document Reference
CAB 158/3/11
Document Types
Memorandum Report Map
File Reference
CAB 158/3
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab158.0003.011
Keywords
Soviet Foreign Policy Predicting Enemy Intentions Assessing Enemy Strength Soviet Strategy Ideology Communism Military Strength Industry Economy Soviet Army Politics Atomic Warfare Biological Warfare Threat Of War With The Ussr Foreign Policy Resources Strategy Weapons Production War Materials Soviet Air Force Air Power Soviet Navy Naval Strength Submarines Warships Nuclear Weapons Chemical Warfare Missiles Military Organisation Manpower Ports Naval Bases Soviet Satellite States Finnish Armed Forces Polish Armed Forces Czechoslovakian Armed Forces Yugoslav Armed Forces Albanian Armed Forces Romanian Armed Forces Hungarian Armed Forces Bulgarian Armed Forces Defence Soviet Government Nationalism Arab World Colonies Empire Marshall Plan Financial Aid Geographic Intelligence Soviet-occupied Europe Occupied Germany Occupied Austria Trieste French Politics Italian Politics Spanish Politics Soviet-turkish Relations Propaganda Iranian Politics Soviet-iranian Relations Afghan Politics Suez Canal Egyptian Government Egyptian Politics Civil Unrest Indian Politics Pakistani Politics Soviet-chinese Relations Chinese Civil War Occupied Korea Japanese Politics
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Communist Information Bureau Ministry of Defence United Nations Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
69
Persons Discussed
Charles de Gaulle Paul Gleadell William Hayter Douglas Packard Lawrence Pendred Percy Sillitoe Josef Stalin Kenneth Strong
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Chiefs of Staff. Joint Intelligence Committee. Memoranda. January - May 1948. Papers Nos J.I.C. 1-44. Vol. XLVII
Themes
International Relations

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