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1. Chinese Communist Intentions and Capabilities - 1950-51; 2. Chinese Communist Threat in the Far East and South East Asia; 3. The Possibility and Complications of the Establishment of a Communist Regime in Persia; 4. The Likely Situation in Burma up to the End of 1952; 5. German Re-armament

1 Jul 1950

TOP SECRET To sum up, what was required was an up to date intelligence review primarily on the likely course of operations by the Chinese in Korea and the effect of such operations on other danger points in the Far East and SouthEast Asia. AIR COMMODORE WOOLLEY said that if the United Nations forces advanced beyond the 38th Parallel, they would occupy an area which contained a large part of Korean heavy industry in so far as this had escaped war damage. The main electric power stations, however, were north of the 40th Parallel.
china economy united states of america germany united nations colonies communism north korea foreign policy ideology indochina industry international relations burma south korea korea cold war rearmament iranian politics personnel contingency planning political dissent military intelligence empire chinese foreign policy security service political intelligence persia ministry of defence joint intelligence staff joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff foreign office former colonies imperial defence stewart menzies joint intelligence bureau joint intelligence committee (middle east) guy liddell intelligence requirements kenneth strong german army military strength invasion threat predicting enemy intentions geographic intelligence assessing enemy strength joint intelligence committee (far east) joint intelligence committee (germany) military objectives security checks
Collection ID
CAB159
Conflict
Cold War
Countries
Burma China Germany Indochina Korea North Korea Persia South Korea United States of America
Document Reference
CAB 159/8/39
Document Types
Summary
File Reference
CAB 159/8
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab159.0008.039
Keywords
Communism Chinese Foreign Policy Colonies Empire Imperial Defence Assessing Enemy Strength Predicting Enemy Intentions Contingency Planning Invasion Threat Military Strength Military Intelligence Geographic Intelligence Foreign Policy Military Objectives Industry Economy Iranian Politics Political Intelligence Political Dissent Ideology Former Colonies Rearmament German Army Security Checks Personnel Intelligence Requirements
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Bureau Joint Intelligence Committee (Far East) Joint Intelligence Committee (Germany) Joint Intelligence Committee (Middle East) Joint Intelligence Staff Ministry of Defence Security Service United Nations Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
6
Persons Discussed
Guy Liddell Stewart Menzies Kenneth Strong
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Ministry of Defence and Cabinet Office: Central Intelligence Machinery: Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Later Committee: Minutes (JIC Series). Joint Intelligence Committee. Meetings 69-138
Themes
International Relations Military Intelligence

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