Premium

20.500.12592/d5x4k1

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

1 Nov 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 on the Russian fronts: a situation report of October 29; on the Central Russian Front: German Air Force (GAF) operation orders, for October 31; on the Southern Russian Front: a German situation report, for October 29; on the Russian fronts: a German situation report for October 31; on North Africa: detailing GAF operation orders for October 31; on the Mediterranean: that GAF fuel for Africa will not arrive at Piraeus before November 9; the GAF are to push forward the provision of fuel to Benghazi; British activity has caused the cessation of supplies to Tripoli; a convoy is to leave Benghazi for Brindisi on November 1; a report from the Italian minister in Lisbon of a British plan for landing in Libya; from the Japanese minister in Madrid on Franco's view of the war situation on November 1; from the Turkish minister in Madrid on rumours of peace proposals via the Vatican; and a report on the German police: that an SS and police regiment is to go to the Caucasus.
india cape verde morocco libya gibraltar portugal united states of america greece germany russia italy shipping transportation spain great britain fuel england second world war contingency planning military intelligence convoys adolf hitler security service operation barbarossa secret police francisco franco edward bridges government code and cypher school german army peace proposals josef stalin military situation reports diplomatic intelligence desert war amphibious operations military objectives invasion of the soviet union shipping losses aerial attacks
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Cape Verde England Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece India Italy Libya Morocco Portugal Russia Spain United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /182/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /182
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0182.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports German Army Operation Barbarossa Military Objectives Desert War Aerial Attacks Transportation Contingency Planning Shipping Fuel Shipping Losses Convoys Diplomatic Intelligence Amphibious Operations Peace Proposals Secret Police Invasion Of The Soviet Union
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
27
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Francisco Franco Adolf Hitler Josef Stalin
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

Related Topics

All