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

8 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: Naval Headlines; a Japanese message to Vichy on an Allied attack on Madagascar, on May 6; and an Italian intelligence report from Lourenço Marques on South Africa, on May 6.
india madagascar france japan togo libya united states of america shipping great britain england second world war military intelligence security service adverse weather conditions edward bridges government code and cypher school german u-boats naval intelligence italian navy arctic convoys invasion of madagascar
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
England France Great Britain India Japan Libya Madagascar Togo United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /556/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /556
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0556.002
Keywords
Naval Intelligence German U-boats Arctic Convoys Adverse Weather Conditions Italian Navy Shipping Invasion Of Madagascar
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
5
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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