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

22 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, on the German, Italian and Spanish including activity on the Russian Front; from the Portuguese minister in Rome on Italian government dissension and Italian claims to French territory, on May 18; from the Turkish minister in Madrid on internal dissension in Spain between the army and the party, on Spanish foreign policy; on North Africa (items not on the coversheet returned by the Prime Minister [PM]): that transfers of German Air Force (GAF) flying units to Africa have been advanced by 24 hours, on May 21; and that a German assault boat unit is to be sent from Germany to Africa, on May 20.
argentina politics japan albania portugal germany international relations italy spain warships corsica crete sicily second world war military intelligence convoys security service axis powers edward bridges government code and cypher school german u-boats naval intelligence spanish armed forces benito mussolini german navy italian navy german air force troop movements
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Albania Argentina Corsica Crete Germany Italy Japan Portugal Sicily Spain
Document Reference
HW1 /589/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /589
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0589.002
Keywords
Naval Intelligence German U-boats Italian Navy Warships Convoys Spanish Armed Forces Axis Powers Politics Troop Movements German Air Force German Navy
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
13
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Benito Mussolini
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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