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

9 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. The file includes the following correspondence: a letter from the Japanese ambassador in Berlin on the outbreak of the Japanese-U.S. war on December 8; instructions from Tokyo to Berlin on a proposed three-power pact on December 7; messages from the Japanese ambassador in Berlin forwarding a draft of the three-power pact provided by Ribbentrop on December 5; instructions to the Japanese ambassador in Rome to keep details of the Japan-Germany agreement from the Italians on December 2; a note from Tokyo to the ambassador in Berlin on unacceptable U.S. demands in their negotiations from November 30; a report from the Japanese ambassador in Rome on an interview with Mussolini on U.S. attitudes and Italian assistance to Japan in the war, from December 3; and on Italian readiness to sign the Three Power Pact on December 5; and instructions from Tokyo to ambassadors in Berlin and Rome on plans in the event of a break down of Japanese-U.S. talks on November 24.
india china japan togo united states of america germany alliances australia colonies diplomacy indochina international relations italy treaties great britain england second world war empire adolf hitler security service japanese government axis powers diplomatic officials edward bridges abwehr government code and cypher school american neutrality benito mussolini diplomatic intelligence pacific war japanese foreign policy joachim von ribbentrop
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Australia China England Germany Great Britain India Indochina Italy Japan Togo United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /310/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /310
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0310.002
Keywords
Diplomatic Officials Pacific War American Neutrality Alliances Axis Powers Treaties Japanese Government Japanese Foreign Policy Diplomacy Diplomatic Intelligence Colonies Empire
Languages
English
Organizations
Abwehr Security Service Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
14
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Joachim von Ribbentrop
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
International Relations

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