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

12 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: of difficulties in moving a unit from the Moscow area probably to the Leningrad area, with rail movement from Smolensk and Vitebsk impossible for more than a month, on November 10; of German Air Force (GAF) staff problems caused by sickness; Italian sighting reports of the British Mediterranean fleet, on November 11; a German report on November 11 of Italian ships sunk; that two auxiliary sailing vessels are en route to Bardia carrying food, on November 11; Naval Headlines, covering U-boats in the Mediterranean being alerted to the presence of French and neutral convoys; U-boat activities in the north and south Atlantic; the Admiral Scheer is still in the Baltic and ready to sail; and an Italian convoy including the Anna Maria, Brook, Amba Aradam and Giorgio, escorted by the Partenope, is en route from Tripoli for Benghazi, on November 12-14; that Tripoli is short of coal and fuel oil; and a Japanese report on the situation on the Russian-Manchurian border, on November 6.
india china madagascar libya germany russia italy shipping railways spain warships fuel england sardinia greenland second world war disease royal navy food supplies military intelligence security service battle of the atlantic adverse weather conditions edward bridges government code and cypher school german u-boats naval intelligence german navy italian navy diplomatic intelligence troop movements desert war threat of war with japan shipping losses japanese strategy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
China England Germany Greenland India Italy Libya Madagascar Russia Sardinia Spain
Document Reference
HW1 /209/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /209
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0209.002
Keywords
Troop Movements Adverse Weather Conditions Railways Disease Desert War Naval Intelligence Royal Navy Shipping Losses Shipping Food Supplies German U-boats Battle Of The Atlantic German Navy Warships Italian Navy Fuel Diplomatic Intelligence Japanese Strategy Threat Of War With Japan
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
16
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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