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: of an urgent German Air Force (GAF) order for aviation fuel from Tobruk on July 22; and the German 90th Light Division reports that El Taqa is free of British forces, on July 23; Naval Headlines, covering German and Italian shipping movements to and from North Africa; from the Italian ambassador in Shanghai, on Japanese preparations to attack the Soviet Union; and from the Turkish chargé in Kuibyshev, on Chinese information on Japanese preparations to attack the Soviet Union.
- Collection ID
- HW1
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- China Denmark Holland Italy Japan Netherlands Russia
- Document Reference
- HW1 /780/2
- Document Types
- Intelligence Report
- File Reference
- HW1 /780
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.hw1.0780.002
- Keywords
- Transportation Fuel Desert War Military Situation Reports British Army Military Dispositions Naval Intelligence German U-boats German Navy Warships Torpedo Boats Italian Navy Shipping Diplomatic Intelligence Military Commanders Japanese Foreign Policy Soviet-japanese Relations
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
- Pages
- 11
- Persons Discussed
- Edward Bridges
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
