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

5 May 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 a German Air Force (GAF) attack on Suez was postponed because of the weather, on May 5; that the 8th Air Corps is to attack Taman and the Kerch peninsula, and supply ports, on May 5; Naval Headlines, covering operations against convoy PQ15, and Italian convoys in the Mediterranean; the Saudi minister in Vichy reports German and Italian demands for the use of Tunis as a war base, on May 3; the Italian consul in Lourenço Marques repeats intelligence reports of preparations for an Allied landing in Madagascar, on May 1-2; the Japanese minister in Budapest reports on relations between Hungary and Romania, on April 28; the Portuguese minister in Bucharest reports the views of the king and queen, on May 2; and the Turkish ambassador in Rome reports reactions to Hitler's latest speech, on May 1.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
England France Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Hungary Italy Madagascar Romania Russia South Africa Soviet Union Syria Ukraine United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /548/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /548
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0548.002
Keywords
Operations Planning Air Raids Suez Canal Adverse Weather Conditions German Deployments Eastern Front Naval Intelligence German U-boats Arctic Convoys Italian Navy Shipping Diplomatic Intelligence German-italian Relations Invasion Of Madagascar Romanian Foreign Policy Politics Nazi Leadership
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
18
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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