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

7 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: that plans for shipping fuel to Africa include the use of the Maritza Procida, Bellona, Achaia, Iseo and Bolsena; that the tanker Campina is to carry fuel to Greece; that the transfer of French guns to the Germans in Africa has not yet been authorised by the French, on November 4; that three destroyers carrying troops were due to sail on November 1 on their trip to Benghazi; reports of successful RAF raids on the ammunition dump west of Tobruk, and the Benghazi fuel store, on November 4; the result of an RAF raid on an airfield in North Africa on November 2; an Italian report that Rodney left Gibraltar on November 2; a situation report on Serbia, Croatia and Greece: that the first transport of the German 5th Mountain Division left Crete on November 3 en route for Germany; the Italian ambassador in Ankara reports Turkish efforts for peace on October 31; the Naval Headlines, covering the Italians reporting increased Turkish naval activity along the Black Sea coast and considering that the Soviet Black Sea fleet will seek refuge in Turkish ports after offensives against Romanian ports; and the Mexican chargé in Rome comments on Ciano's visit to Germany and reports on Mussolini's speech in Rome, on November 3.
turkey mexico france serbia montenegro gibraltar united states of america greece germany russia artillery croatia malaya international relations italy shipping transportation great britain warships yugoslavia fuel crete sicily second world war bombing partisans military intelligence royal air force adolf hitler security service airfields edward bridges government code and cypher school vichy regime benito mussolini peace proposals german-italian relations military situation reports diplomatic intelligence troop movements ammunition dumps
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Croatia France Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Italy Malaya Mexico Montenegro Russia Serbia Sicily Turkey United States of America Yugoslavia
Document Reference
HW1 /196/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /196
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0196.002
Keywords
Transportation Fuel Shipping Artillery Vichy Regime Warships Troop Movements Ammunition Dumps Bombing Royal Air Force Airfields Military Situation Reports Partisans Diplomatic Intelligence Peace Proposals German-italian Relations
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
28
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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