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

14 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: a North Africa report for June 12, that the German Africa Corps was in urgent need of artillery ammunition as of June 8; of Rommel's anti-tank instructions; that all officers in reserve in Naples are to be placed at the disposal of the Panzer Army on June 13; the Panzer Army's report for June 12; a report of captured British documents detailing the results of PoW interrogations; on Kesselring's orders for special precautions to be taken against sabotage attacks, on June 13; a German naval report for June 13 covering the Mediterranean; on the Russian Front: on the 4th Air Fleet's battle orders for June 14 north east of Kharkov; an Italian report of the Hungarian premier's visit to Hitler and the latter's view of the Russian campaign on June 12; the Japanese ambassador in Ankara relays an Italian intelligence report on Allied forces for June 2; the Japanese ambassador in Rome reports an interview with Ciano on June 7; the Japanese ambassador in Berlin seeks clarification of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs's signal regarding U.K.-Germany peace talk rumours, on June 9; and the Chilean ambassador in Washington reports the arrival of Molotov bringing an ultimatum for a second front, or the U.S.S.R. will accept a favourable proposal from Germany, on June 6.
india iran iraq libya gibraltar united states of america germany malaya interrogation tactics prisoners of war great britain crete second world war casualties british army royal navy military intelligence military supplies adolf hitler security service sabotage edward bridges nazi leadership government code and cypher school operations planning german army erwin rommel assessing enemy strength military situation reports diplomatic intelligence troop movements desert war second front joachim von ribbentrop supply problems anti-tank guns treachery
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Germany Gibraltar Great Britain India Iran Iraq Libya Malaya United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /645/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /645
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0645.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Operations Planning Desert War German Army Supply Problems Military Supplies Anti-tank Guns Tactics British Army Casualties Treachery Prisoners Of War Interrogation Sabotage Royal Navy Troop Movements Diplomatic Intelligence Nazi Leadership Assessing Enemy Strength Second Front
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
43
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler Joachim von Ribbentrop Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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