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Government Code and Cypher School: Signals Intelligence Passed to the Prime Minister, Messages and Correspondence

27 Aug 1941

A file of signals intelligence reports, messages, and correspondence issued by the Government Code and Cypher School and sent by the head ('C') of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) to the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. This file includes the following correspondence: reports of a German-Italian airforce dispute over the use of Italian sea transport in Benghazi; the allocation of trucks to the German Air Force (GAF) by the Italian Army in Tripoli; the grounding of a German fighter squadron in Africa because of engine problems; the Italian ship Bellona being forced to return to Piraeus after British aerial attacks; a request for close escort for the tanker Ussag sailing for Patras; preparations for GAF minelaying in the Mediterranean; the organisation of convoys between Naples and Tripoli; the transfer of a signals section of a German fighter group into newly captured Berislaw on the Dnieper river; the German attempts to destroy a bridge in Dniepropetrovsk; German infantry movements towards Leningrad; a heavy concentration of dive bombers and fighters in the Dniepropetrovsk sector; a thrust by Panzer Group Guderian towards the River Desna; the American denial of the reported presidential approval of British-Soviet action in Iran to counter the German presence there; an instruction to the Chinese ambassador in London to seek Allied help; and a report from the Italian ambassador in Istanbul of the Turkish reaction to Anglo-Soviet demands on Iran, of which he was informed by Fritz von Papen.
thailand singapore india china turkey iran libya malta united states of america russia international relations italy shipping mines burma transportation great britain england crete second world war bombing military intelligence convoys security service operation barbarossa wireless communications foreign office edward bridges government code and cypher school dutch east indies turkish neutrality franklin delano roosevelt german air force german strategy military situation reports troop movements desert war allied strategy italian air force invasion of the soviet union sino-japanese war mechanical problems aerial attacks on ships
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Burma China Crete Dutch East Indies England Great Britain India Iran Italy Libya Malta Russia Singapore Thailand Turkey United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /28/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /28
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0028.002
Keywords
Allied Strategy German Air Force Italian Air Force Shipping Transportation Mechanical Problems Desert War Aerial Attacks On Ships Troop Movements Mines Convoys Military Situation Reports Operation Barbarossa Wireless Communications Bombing German Strategy Sino-japanese War Turkish Neutrality Invasion Of The Soviet Union
Languages
English
Organizations
Foreign Office Security Service Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
41
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
International Relations Military Intelligence

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