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

25 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: a Naval Headlines report of March 25 on Italian activity; from the Japanese minister in Sofia on Turkish fears about the German Spring offensive in the Caucasus, on March 18; a Naval Headlines report of March 23 on German, Italian and Spanish activity with the Prime Minister's (PM's) query; and the First Sea Lord's (1SL's) reply to the PM of March 25.
turkey greece germany shipping transportation spain warships crete second world war military intelligence security service battle of the atlantic edward bridges government code and cypher school german u-boats turkish neutrality naval intelligence italian navy diplomatic intelligence troop movements
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Germany Greece Spain Turkey
Document Reference
HW1 /445/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /445
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0445.002
Keywords
Naval Intelligence Italian Navy Shipping Transportation Troop Movements Diplomatic Intelligence Turkish Neutrality German U-boats Warships Battle Of The Atlantic
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
6
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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