Wt. 30912/5368 60m 10/45 C. & Co. 745(8) THIS DOCUMENT' IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT The circulation of this paper has been strictly limited. It is issued for the personal use of TOP SECRET Copy No. 33 Circulation for the consideration of the Chiefs of Staff J.I.C.(46) 19(0)(FINAL) LIMITED CIRCULATION 6TH MARCH, 1946. CHIEFS OF STAFF COMMITTEE JOINT INTELLIGENCE SUB-COMMITTEE GERMAN ASSUMPTIONS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES Report by the Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee. As instructed* we have prepared the attached draft reply to a telegramø from General Auchinleck requesting the views of the Chiefs of Staff on the following assumptions for planning purposes:(a) that there will be no war for five years; (b) that one year's warning of a major war will be given.