It was pointed out that such a privilege might be abused if it were permitted, but that protests had already been received from the Italian Government as a result of the withdrawal of the privilege. In addition, refusal to allow Italian consuls in Egypt to communicate in cypher would almost certainly result in this privilege being denied to British consuls in Italian African possessions. CONCLUSION. THE SUB-COMMITTEE agreed that in their opinion the balance of advantage would lie in allowing Italian consuls in Egypt to communicate with their Government in cypher, so long as British consuls in Libya and Italian East Africa were permitted to do likewise.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Egypt Germany Italian East Africa Libya
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/87/4
- Document Types
- Summary
- File Reference
- CAB 81/87
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0087.004
- Keywords
- German Government International Law Diplomatic Signals Cyphers Italian Government
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Ministry of Economic Warfare
- Pages
- 3
- Persons Discussed
- Andrew Barnard John Godfrey Desmond Morton Ralph Skrine Stevenson
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- International Relations Signals Intelligence Code-breaking
