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

20 Jan 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 contains a message from C to the First Sea Lord (ISL); a comment from the Prime Minister (PM); and a note from the First Sea Lord (1SL) on a report of the sailing of a large convoy from Italy protected by heavy Italian naval forces, possibly sailing on January 23.
conferences italy shipping naval warfare second world war military intelligence convoys intelligence reports government code and cypher school italian navy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /355/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /355
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0355.002
Keywords
Intelligence Reports Convoys Shipping Naval Warfare Conferences Italian Navy
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
4
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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