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

25 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 on North Africa: that the Panzer Army request road and track maps, on May 23; a Panzer Army report for May 22; 1009/T31 to the Assistant Chief of Air Staff Intelligence (ACASI) with a query from the Prime Minister (PM) under 9579; that the German supply depot at Tripoli is to send gas masks to Benghazi, on May 21; on air transport for a move of German Air Force (GAF) night fighters to Crete, on May 23; on the move of ground personnel of a GAF night fighter unit, on May 23; a German Navy operations summary for May 22; on the Southern Russian Front: a GAF recce report for May 23; a fragment of a German report for May 23; and GAF operational orders for May 24-25; from the Japanese minister in Madrid on the Spanish Foreign Minister's views on the U.S., a possible Allied invasion of Turkey, Vichy France and domestic matters, on May 18; and from the Turkish ambassador in Vichy on Franco-German friction over Martinique, on May 21.
morocco turkey mapping gibraltar portugal united states of america finland germany russia chemical warfare italy neutrality norway roads romania great britain crete second world war equipment military intelligence security service battle of the atlantic eastern front morale military dispositions aerial reconnaissance edward bridges government code and cypher school intelligence requirements vichy regime german army geographic intelligence german air force red army military situation reports diplomatic intelligence desert war allied strategy shipping losses encirclement night fighters
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Finland Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Italy Morocco Norway Portugal Romania Russia Turkey United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /595/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /595
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0595.002
Keywords
Intelligence Requirements Mapping Geographic Intelligence Roads Military Situation Reports Desert War Chemical Warfare Equipment Military Dispositions German Air Force Night Fighters Shipping Losses Battle Of The Atlantic Aerial Reconnaissance Eastern Front Encirclement German Army Red Army Morale Allied Strategy Diplomatic Intelligence Neutrality Vichy Regime
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
27
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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