Northern (N): Soviet Union (NS). Soviet World Wide Policy: Western Discusssions and Attempts to Assess Soviet Intentions Towards the Rest of the World, Including China; Reorganisation of Form and Circulation of the 'Crystal-Gazer', Popular Name for HMG Russia Committee's Summary of Indications Regarding Soviet Foreign Policy

A file containing documents assessing Soviet and Chinese foreign policy intentions. The file includes a discussion of the reorganisation and distribution of the Crystal Gazer, the Russia Committee's regular review of Soviet foreign policy; a discussion of the inclusion of Chinese foreign policy in the Crystal Gazer; a report on the Soviet communist state in theory and practice; and reviews of Soviet foreign policies. Topics discussed include Soviet involvement in international organizations; Soviet policy during the Korean War; political organization and bureaucracy within the Soviet Union; Soviet ideology and propaganda; poverty in the Soviet Union; the refusal of the Soviet Union to accept aid from the American Marshall Plan; and Soviet and Chinese foreign policy positions in Germany, Austria, France, Malaya, Indo-China, Burma, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Tibet, Afghanistan, and Persia.