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

20 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 North Africa: Air Officer Commanding (AOC), German Air Force (GAF) Africa, requests that the Italian Air Force be placed under his command; Naval Headlines, covering German and Italian activity; from the Portuguese minister in Stockholm, a suggestion that the Portuguese Foreign Minister conduct peace negotiations; the Greek minister in Kuibyshev gives news of an attack on Moscow; from the Italian ambassador in Shanghai on Japanese intentions on November 15; from the Japanese consul in Singapore, on young men's pro-Japanese organization in Malaya, Singapore and Thailand; and on Turkey, the military attaché in Kuibyshev reports on the Russian Front, for November 15.
thailand singapore india china japan united states of america russia malaya indochina international relations italy shipping burma warships england crete second world war invasion military intelligence adolf hitler security service battle of the atlantic military organisation edward bridges government code and cypher school german u-boats naval intelligence military strength peace proposals german navy italian navy german air force german strategy josef stalin german-italian relations military situation reports diplomatic intelligence desert war military commanders italian air force threat of war with japan japanese strategy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Burma China Crete England India Indochina Italy Japan Malaya Russia Singapore Thailand United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /235/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /235
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0235.002
Keywords
German Air Force Italian Air Force Desert War Military Organisation German-italian Relations Naval Intelligence Battle Of The Atlantic German Navy Warships German U-boats Italian Navy Shipping Diplomatic Intelligence Peace Proposals German Strategy Military Commanders Japanese Strategy Military Strength Invasion Threat Of War With Japan Military Situation Reports
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
14
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler Josef Stalin
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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