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

5 Dec 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 Moscow Front: a fragmentary report of German withdrawals and advances on December 4; and a German report of December 4; on the Russian Front: German Air Force (GAF) air intentions for December 5; on Greece: the GAF have an urgent need for transport to carry supplies for Africa from Patras port to an aerodrome, on December 4; from the Japanese ambassador in Berlin, reports of November 21 on German progress on the Russian Front, North Africa, Franco-German relations and the despatch of U-boats to the Mediterranean; on the Mediterranean: a reply from the First Sea Lord (1SL) to the Prime Minister's (PM's) query on U-boat developments, on December 4; a report that Tokyo instructed Rangoon to send back Japanese who are versed in Burmese conditions; Chungking describes the Australian approach on Japanese-U.S. talks and asks London to ascertain if this was primed by the British, on December 2; and from the French Embassy in Washington, to Vichy on Roosevelt's decision to send a personal representative to the near east, on November 26.
singapore india china turkey france japan egypt libya syria gibraltar united states of america germany russia international relations italy burma transportation great britain yugoslavia corsica crete palestine sicily second world war military intelligence adolf hitler security service foreign office edward bridges government code and cypher school german u-boats naval intelligence franklin delano roosevelt benito mussolini german air force air raids red army military situation reports diplomatic intelligence german withdrawal invasion of the soviet union threat of war with japan counter-attacks siege of leningrad
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Burma China Corsica Crete Egypt France Germany Gibraltar Great Britain India Italy Japan Libya Palestine Russia Sicily Singapore Syria Turkey United States of America Yugoslavia
Document Reference
HW1 /300/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /300
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0300.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Invasion Of The Soviet Union German Withdrawal Red Army Counter-attacks Air Raids Siege Of Leningrad German Air Force Transportation Diplomatic Intelligence German U-boats Naval Intelligence Threat Of War With Japan
Languages
English
Organizations
Foreign Office Security Service Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
16
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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