TOP SECRET In view of the foregoing, it was not considered that the Committee's report should be cancelled. It was, however, agreed that if the Committee's views on this subject had now changed, the United Kingdom Delegation to the Five Power Military Committee should be advised accordingly. There was general agreement that in the light of the developments since the Committee's report was prepared, it was now considered that should the Soviet leaders decide to resort to war, they might use the East Zone para-military police to attack the Western Zones initially in order to create conditions highly suitable for a follow up attack by Soviet troops.
- Collection ID
- CAB159
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- China Germany Indochina Soviet Union United Kingdom
- Document Reference
- CAB 159/8/45
- Document Types
- Summary
- File Reference
- CAB 159/8
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab159.0008.045
- Keywords
- Communism Chinese Foreign Policy Colonies Empire Imperial Defence Assessing Enemy Strength Predicting Enemy Intentions Contingency Planning Invasion Threat Military Strength Military Intelligence Soviet Satellite States Foreign Policy Rearmament Intelligence Reports Intelligence Requirements Surprise Attacks War Preparations Defence Information Sharing Occupied Germany Soviet-chinese Relations Military Supplies Equipment Economy
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Bureau Joint Intelligence Committee (Far East) Joint Intelligence Staff Ministry of Defence Security Service Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 4
- Persons Discussed
- Guy Liddell Stewart Menzies Percy Sillitoe Kenneth Strong
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- International Relations Military Intelligence
