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

28 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 on North Africa: a fragment of a German ground forces report for March 24; and that the German Air Force (GAF) are preparing to attack a desert railway, on March 26; on the Mediterranean: a GAF report on a raid on Malta on March 26; on Norway: a GAF report of the location of merchant ships, on March 27; on Greece: the GAF report demonstrations but no sabotage, on March 27; on the Russian Front: a 2nd Panzer Army report of March 25; from the Chinese minister in Ankara, on war in the Soviet Union and in the Middle East as it affects Turkey, on March 23; from the Italian minister in Dublin on U.S. troops in Ulster and British morale, on March 24; from the Japanese minister in Sofia on Turkey and Anglo-Soviet plans, on March 19; from the Japanese minister in Helsinki on Finland's economy, on March 23; and from the Turkish ambassador in Kuibyshev on the impending move of Polish troops from the Soviet Union to the Middle East, on March 24.
turkey northern ireland politics iran egypt iraq syria bulgaria malta hungary greece germany russia international relations ireland italy new zealand norway railways romania sweden great britain yugoslavia scotland england second world war military intelligence tanks security service sabotage foreign office edward bridges government code and cypher school operations planning german army josef stalin air raids diplomatic intelligence troop movements desert war invasion of the soviet union aerial attacks united states army siege of malta soviet strategy occupied greece
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Bulgaria Egypt England Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iran Iraq Ireland Italy Malta New Zealand Northern Ireland Norway Romania Russia Scotland Sweden Syria Turkey Yugoslavia
Document Reference
HW1 /454/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /454
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0454.002
Keywords
German Army Troop Movements Desert War Operations Planning Aerial Attacks Railways Air Raids Siege Of Malta Sabotage Occupied Greece Tanks Invasion Of The Soviet Union Diplomatic Intelligence Politics United States Army Soviet Strategy
Languages
English
Organizations
Foreign Office Security Service Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
23
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Josef Stalin
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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