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

6 Jul 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: from the 3rd Panzer Army, that 500 officer replacements are urgently required from the reserve pool in Naples, on July 3; Naval Headlines, covering German, Italian and Spanish activity; a Turkish report from Cairo for the Turkish ambassador in Washington, of the Egyptian Prime Minister's views on the war situation, from July 4; from Tokyo to the Japanese ambassador in Berlin on July 1, on a secret Soviet/U.S. agreement regarding Japan; from the Japanese minister in Madrid on July 2, on Spanish intentions and their desire to acquire Gibraltar; on prospects for peace; and on relations with Portugal; from the Italian ambassador on Shanghai on the situation in China and the status of the conflict with Japan, on June 20; from the Japanese ambassador in Berlin, a summary of German activity on the Russian Front, on July 2; and from the Japanese minister in Madrid, intelligence reports from North America, for July 3.
india china japan egypt togo gibraltar portugal iceland united states of america germany russia australia italy manpower shipping norway spain great britain warships palestine second world war military intelligence security service eastern front edward bridges government code and cypher school german u-boats naval intelligence german army military strength spanish neutrality spanish armed forces italian navy german strategy diplomatic intelligence desert war second front sino-japanese war aerial attacks on ships arctic convoys first battle of el alamein
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Australia China Egypt Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Iceland India Italy Japan Norway Palestine Portugal Russia Spain Togo United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /704/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /704
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0704.002
Keywords
Manpower German Army Desert War Military Strength Naval Intelligence Arctic Convoys German U-boats Warships Aerial Attacks On Ships Italian Navy Shipping Spanish Armed Forces Diplomatic Intelligence First Battle Of El Alamein Second Front Spanish Neutrality Sino-japanese War Eastern Front German Strategy
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
18
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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