4. If the Soviet Government are really faced with the prospect of this dilemma, it might explain their present truculent attitude on political matters. They would feel that time was working against them and that they must therefore try to extract here and now as many political benefits as possible from their military occupation of Central Europe while they are still at the peak of their strength and before they get involved in the troubles of the coming winter. 5. Could you ask the Chiefs of Staff to let us have their views? (Sgd) O.G.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Austria Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Germany Greece Hungary Italy Japan Norway Poland Romania Russia Soviet Union Turkey Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/131/20
- Document Types
- Report Correspondence Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 81/131
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0131.020
- Keywords
- Red Army Soviet-occupied Europe Soviet Satellite States Eastern Bloc Military Dispositions Military Supplies Troop Movements Military Shortages Reparations Soviet Foreign Policy Consular Intelligence Sources Attachés Food Supplies Agriculture Morale Soviet Society Soviet Government Newspapers Demobilisation Press Reports Manpower Economy Reconstruction Soviet Strategy Transportation Predicting Enemy Intentions Occupation Arrangements Occupied Germany Zones Of Occupation
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Intelligence Staff United Nations
- Pages
- 14
- Persons Discussed
- Harold Caccia Francis De Guingand Thomas Elmhirst Edmund Rushbrooke Orme Sargent
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence International Relations
