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Commonwealth: Cradock minute to Charles Powell ("Security of Small States: Memorandum by the Foreign and Commonwealth and Defence Secretaries") ["it is precisely this kind of situation - sudden changes in small states - that are the crises most likely to arise and hit us"] [declassified Dec 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1431 f220
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 3pp
Themes: Law & order, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA), Foreign policy (Middle East), Foreign policy (development, aid, etc), Foreign policy (International organizations), Commonwealth (general), Defence (general), Public spending & borrowing