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

6 Apr 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 flak reinforcements arrived in Tripoli, on April 5; on an urgent call for aviation fuel in the German forward area in Libya on April 5; that the intentions of the 4th Air Corps for April 5 include attacks on the Kerch peninsula and Sevastopol as soon as weather permits; an Italian intelligence assessment of Allied military dispositions forwarded by the Japanese ambassador in Ankara, on March 31; of Chilean assurances of neutrality given to the Japanese minister in Santiago on March 31; and the Japanese minister in Sofia reports a discussion on the Turkish attitude to the war, on March 26.
india turkey japan chile iraq libya syria bulgaria russia australia italy burma neutrality new zealand soviet union fuel palestine second world war british army military intelligence security service adverse weather conditions soviet foreign policy military organisation persia edward bridges imperial defence government code and cypher school german army red army diplomatic intelligence troop movements desert war anti-aircraft defence aerial attacks
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Australia Bulgaria Burma Chile India Iraq Italy Japan Libya New Zealand Palestine Persia Russia Soviet Union Syria Turkey
Document Reference
HW1 /477/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /477
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0477.002
Keywords
German Army Troop Movements Desert War Anti-aircraft Defence Fuel Aerial Attacks Red Army Adverse Weather Conditions Diplomatic Intelligence British Army Imperial Defence Military Organisation Neutrality Soviet Foreign Policy
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
13
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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