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

3 Mar 1942

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: that the German Air Force (GAF) Commander-in-Chief (CinC) South is asking the Army for protection for advanced aerodromes in North Africa, on March 1; on GAF operational orders for March 2; on GAF measures to deal with the shortage of ammunition on the Russian Front, on March 1; on difficulties in the railway coal supply in Ukraine, on February 25-26; on Italian forces' acute supply problem, on February 27; and a Naval Headlines report of March 2 on German and Italian activity. This file also includes the following correspondence: French assurances to the U.S. of neutrality on February 23; a note from the French Consul in Chungking on Chiang Kai Shek's visit to India, from February 26; and a message from the Italian ambassador in Madrid suggesting that the Soviets may attack Manchuria, on February 27.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
England France Germany Great Britain India Italy Japan Libya Principe Russia Syria Ukraine United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /385/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /385
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0385.002
Keywords
Military Operations Military Situation Reports Airfields German Air Force Air Raids Railways Tanks Fortifications Aerial Reconnaissance Italian Air Force Armaments Military Supplies Resources Italian Army Food Supplies Transportation Warships German Navy Torpedo Boats German U-boats Submarines Troop Movements Vichy Regime French Government Foreign Policy Neutrality Colonies Empire Colonial Independence Movements Communism Allies Soviet Foreign Policy Sino-japanese War
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
19
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Phillipe Pétain
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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