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

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: that the 61st Army Corps aims to defend Kalinin in the face of Soviet attacks and extend the Volga bridgehead, on October 22; a situation report of the area west of Moscow, from October 22; of Soviet intentions to retake Kalinin and restore communications with Leningrad, on October 22; a movement order for the 2nd Flak Corps; that a further Italian division was placed under German command in North Africa on October 16; of losses of German artillery and transport from ships sunk en route to North Africa, from October 16; of a shortage of shipping space for German Army rations for North Africa, from October 16; that no shipping space was available for aviation fuel needed in Benghazi, on October 23; that German towed gliders are needed in Russia rather than in Crete, on October 22; of Ibn Saud's comments on German proposals, from October 24; of an appeal from Chungking to the U.K. and U.S. in the face of the Japanese threat to China, on October 20; an Italian appreciation of U.S. intentions concerning Japan, from October 18; and of Brazilian terms for protecting Portuguese possessions, on October 24.