Format:
1 Online-Ressource
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colour text file, PDF
Series Statement:
FO1093: Foreign Office: Permanent Under-Secretary's Department: Registered and Unregistered Papers FO1093-527
Content:
A file of reports, correspondence, and memoranda discussing a speculative Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) paper on the effects of a Soviet occupation of Western Europe. The report makes a number of predictions about the situation in Western Europe after a massive Soviet invasion and occupation, including the installation of puppet governments; the elimination of the elites; the assumption of control over the economy and agriculture of each country; and the levels of resistance in each country. The file also includes a series of letters and memoranda discussing the conclusions of the report and vigorously contesting several of its premises, such as the assumption that there would be no large-scale use of atomic weapons. The documents also discuss the problematic compilation of the report, and whether it was at all a useful exercise
Note:
Document cover date: 7 November 1949 to 9 May 1950
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Date document(s) were released to the public domain: 23 May 2013
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Part of a digital collection titled "Secret Files from World Wars to Cold War: Intelligence, Strategy and Diplomacy" created from unpublished documents in the United Kingdom's National Archives. The primary source materials were digitized in full colour by the Taylor & Francis Group (Abingdon, England, 2015-16)
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Print manuscript version Effects of Soviet Occupation of Western Europe: Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) Paper (London : Foreign Office, 7 November 1949 to 9 May 1950)
Language:
English
