neutral aliens and people with Fascist or Communist leanings. It would be possible to make prohibited areas round all the aerodromes, but such prohibitions could not be enforced by the police at present available. Very much larger numbers of personnel would be required for the purpose. His own view was that no such drastic measures were necessary. It was fair to say that the I.R.A. Organization in this country had been almost entirely suppressed. Moreover there had been for many years in this country very strict legislation regarding the possession of firearms, particularly automatic weapons of any kind.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Denmark Germany Norway United Kingdom
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/87/46
- Document Types
- Summary
- File Reference
- CAB 81/87
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0087.046
- Keywords
- Invasion Threat German Strategy Contingency Planning Defence German Airborne Troops Counter-espionage German Agents
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Deputy Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Planning Committee Secret Intelligence Service Security Service
- Pages
- 4
- Persons Discussed
- Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt Victor Cavendish-Bentinck John Godfrey Valentine Vivian Richard White Cooper
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence Intelligence Organization British Domestic Security
