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: intelligence on German Air Force (GAF) preparations in north-west Germany and southern Norway, possibly in connection with the movement of German heavy naval units on February 19, along with a query from the Prime Minister (PM) and a reply from the First Sea Lord (1SL); a report of GAF attacks on convoys in the Mediterranean on February 15; a GAF report of attacks on convoys on February 14-15, with a query from the PM to the 1SL; and a GAF report of a convoy being destroyed and other operations on February 15, along with the 1SL's reply to the PM's query on Mediterranean convoys. This file also includes Naval Headlines on German and Italian activity; and a Venezuelan report of German submarines in French Guiana waters, on February 22.
- Collection ID
- HW1
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Finland French Guiana Germany Gibraltar Greece Guiana Italy Malaya Malta Norway Russia
- Document Reference
- HW1 /381/2
- Document Types
- Intelligence Report
- File Reference
- HW1 /381
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.hw1.0381.002
- Keywords
- German Air Force German Navy Warships Torpedo Boats Mines Troop Movements Signals Communications Telegraph Communications Code Words Convoys Military Operations Shipping Shipping Losses Bombing Aircraft Italian Navy Casualties Air Warfare Naval Intelligence Reconnaissance Aircraft Intelligence Gathering German U-boats Submarines Food Supplies Colonies Empire
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
- Pages
- 21
- Persons Discussed
- Edward Bridges
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
