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

18 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 rigid fuel economy has been imposed on German Air Force (GAF) Africa, on May 17; a summary of German naval operations on all fronts, for May 17; Naval Headlines, that the Prinz Eugen left Trondheim, on May 15; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Chungking reports Chinese dissatisfaction with the British, on May 15; a Japanese report of difficulties in transporting Hungarian troops to the Eastern Front, on May 13; a Japanese report of conditions in Russian central Asia, on May 14; on the Turkish military attaché's first impressions of Spain, on May 13; the Italian ambassador in Madrid reports a Spanish minister's belief in an impending U.K.-U.S. attack in north west Africa, on May 13, and rumours of an Allied intention to occupy Turkey; and that decryptions of German infra-red detection devices are to be at the disposal of Kesselring from May 15; with a comment from the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) on May 20.
india morocco turkey technology gibraltar portugal russia codes malaya international relations italy mines norway spain submarines warships fuel crete second world war food supplies military intelligence convoys security service axis powers eastern front naval operations foreign office edward bridges home front military shortages abwehr government code and cypher school german army spanish neutrality german navy italian navy invasion of french north africa soviet society diplomatic intelligence desert war air raid warning systems supply problems aerial attacks on ships economic substitutes hungarian armed forces
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Gibraltar India Italy Malaya Morocco Norway Portugal Russia Spain Turkey
Document Reference
HW1 /578/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /578
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0578.002
Keywords
German Army Desert War Fuel Military Shortages Naval Operations German Navy Mines Aerial Attacks On Ships Submarines Convoys Italian Navy Warships Diplomatic Intelligence Codes Supply Problems Axis Powers Eastern Front Food Supplies Economic Substitutes Home Front Soviet Society Hungarian Armed Forces Spanish Neutrality Invasion Of French North Africa Air Raid Warning Systems Technology
Languages
English
Organizations
Abwehr Foreign Office Security Service Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
20
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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