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

19 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 on the Mediterranean and North Africa: on German Air Force (GAF) instructions that air convoys are to be given adequate fighter protection, on April 15; on the Central Russian Front: that the whole of GAF Group must be operating together by May 15; on the Russian fronts: of GAF air transport landing operations at Demjansk on April 19; on the Southern Russian Front: of the move of bomber units, on April 18; and that the GAF are to provide Flak defence for trains to Crimea, on April 15; from the Japanese ambassador in Berlin on Japan's plans for a Greater East Asia Co-prosperity sphere and whether to attack the U.S.S.R., on April 6; on Japanese-Chilean relations, on April 11; from the Turkish ambassador in Vichy on Laval's views on an Axis offensive, on April 15; on changes in the French government; and on Laval being supported by Germany, on April 13; and from the Japanese minister in Madrid on the war situation, on April 15.
india morocco turkey politics france japan chile senegal libya portugal united states of america germany russia aircraft international relations italy transportation spain great britain azores england madeira second world war equipment military intelligence military supplies security service eastern front military organisation persia foreign office edward bridges government code and cypher school vichy regime franklin delano roosevelt josef stalin diplomatic intelligence troop movements desert war japanese strategy phillipe pétain defeatism
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Azores Chile England France Germany Great Britain India Italy Japan Libya Madeira Morocco Persia Portugal Russia Senegal Spain Turkey United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /508/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /508
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0508.002
Keywords
Transportation Aircraft Desert War Military Organisation Military Supplies Troop Movements Eastern Front Equipment Diplomatic Intelligence Japanese Strategy Vichy Regime Politics Defeatism
Languages
English
Organizations
Foreign Office Security Service Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
20
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Phillipe Pétain Franklin Delano Roosevelt Josef Stalin
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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