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

9 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: a German Air Force (GAF) report for May 8 covering all fronts including the Far East; on instructions for operation BIRKE, involving aircraft and ships in Norway, on May 5; an Italian report on Italian-German reservations over the declaration on Arab independence, on May 5; a Japanese report on conditions in Malaya and Singapore, on May 4; the Japanese relay an intelligence report of an Allied fleet concentration in Durban on May 4; the Japanese consul in Dublin comments on a British bye-election, on May 5; the Japanese minister in Madrid relays an intelligence report from London, on May 6; the Turkish ambassador in Vichy comments on French relations with the Axis, on May 5; the German representative in Vichy comments on Madagascar, on May 6; and a report on the views of the Portuguese minister in Pretoria on Madagascar, on May 6.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Belgium Burma China England France Germany Great Britain Holland India Ireland Japan Madagascar Malaya Malta Mozambique Netherlands Norway Philippines Singapore Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Vichy France
Document Reference
HW1 /558/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /558
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0558.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports German Air Force Aerial Attacks Aerial Reconnaissance Desert War Eastern Front Pacific War Troop Movements Shipping Diplomatic Intelligence Axis Strategy Occupation Arrangements Japanese Strategy Politics Anglo-american Relations Invasion Of Madagascar
Languages
English
Organizations
Foreign Office Security Service Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
27
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Winston Churchill Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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