• This document was written in May 1945 by the Defence Chiefs of Staff. These were the leading military commanders of all the Armed Forces in Britain.
  
• At the time they were writing tension was mounting over the Communist takeovers in Eastern Europe.
  
• The document was very long and set out what Stalin's aims appeared to be. It also made predictions about how strong the USSR would be by the mid 1950s.
  
• This section - Section 33 - is a summary of the whole document and explains what the military leaders think Britain's policy should be in 1947 and after.