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

9 Jun 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: a German ground forces report for June 8; that the Germans discount any danger to French Equatorial Africa from the Free French in Libya, on June 8; Naval Headlines, covering Italian activity; 105358 and 105365 were sent to the Foreign Office (FO) on June 10 - see 635 below; from the Italian ambassador in Madrid on arrangements for Suner's visit to Italy, on June 3; from the Japanese ambassador in Berlin on points of conflict in Italo-German relations, on June 6; and from Lisbon to the Portuguese ambassador in Tokyo, part of a report on the situation in Timor on June 6.
india france libya cyprus gibraltar germany croatia italy warships yugoslavia second world war military intelligence convoys security service axis powers edward bridges free french government code and cypher school french equatorial africa naval intelligence italian navy german strategy assessing enemy strength german-italian relations military situation reports diplomatic intelligence pacific war desert war torpedo boats aerial attacks battle of gazala
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Croatia Cyprus France French Equatorial Africa Germany Gibraltar India Italy Libya Yugoslavia
Document Reference
HW1 /633/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /633
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0633.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Desert War Battle Of Gazala Aerial Attacks German Strategy Assessing Enemy Strength Free French Naval Intelligence Italian Navy Warships Convoys Torpedo Boats Diplomatic Intelligence Axis Powers German-italian Relations Pacific War
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
12
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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