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

22 Sep 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 reports: a message about the reinforcement of the central sector of the Russian Front from the southern sector; a report of the difficult transport situation in the Nikolaev area; a report that the German ground troops were dissatisfied with their fighter protection; a report of a proposed conference between the Air Officer Commanding (AOC) 10th Air Corps and the Ground Officer Commanding (GOC) Africa Corps; a report that underground storage tanks for aviation fuel for Africa are ready for despatch in Germany but there is no separate transport available; an order for German Air Force (GAF) personnel on leave in Greece to be urgently recalled to Africa, and a request for a flying boat to Derna; arrangements for the destroyer standing by the grounded ship Marigola to be relieved; a report of an air operation in Serbia against the insurgents; a German police order for all leave to be stopped from September 9 in Norway, and everyone on home leave to be recalled; and a report from the Japanese chargé in London on September 18 on the British attitude to the Japanese and U.S.-Japanese negotiations, the war situation and British views on the war in southern Ukraine, British actions in Iran and U.S. views on the possible inclusion of Russia in the lease-lend programme.
india trade ukraine turkey northern ireland iran japan serbia iraq bulgaria malta united states of america greece germany conferences ireland italy newspapers norway transportation romania great britain fuel england second world war personnel partisans military intelligence security service operation barbarossa persia foreign office edward bridges effects of bombing government code and cypher school german air force diplomatic intelligence troop movements invasion of the soviet union aerial attacks fighter escorts allied supplies to the ussr
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Bulgaria England Germany Great Britain Greece India Iran Iraq Ireland Italy Japan Malta Northern Ireland Norway Persia Romania Serbia Turkey Ukraine United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /82/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /82
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0082.002
Keywords
German Air Force Troop Movements Transportation Fighter Escorts Conferences Fuel Personnel Aerial Attacks Partisans Effects Of Bombing Diplomatic Intelligence Trade Newspapers Operation Barbarossa Allied Supplies To The Ussr Invasion Of The Soviet Union
Languages
English
Organizations
Foreign Office Security Service Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
23
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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