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

3 Aug 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 from BONIFACE: the coversheet only of a report sent to Sir Hastings Ismay for the Prime Minister (PM); from BONIFACE: sent by C to the Secretary of State for the Dominions; from the Argentinian ambassador in Rome, on Italian views on the war as of July 29, not on the coversheet; on North Africa: of a German Air Force (GAF) shortage of aviation fuel and ammunition, with all means of transport having been exhausted, on July 31; that the GAF told the Italians that air transport in Africa is at a stand-still due to the lack of fuel, on August 1; Naval Headlines, covering Italian activity (not listed on the coversheet); and further Naval Headlines, covering German activity, including that the Luetzow has been damaged, and Italian activity.
turkey libya iceland germany russia italy transportation public opinion warships fuel second world war military intelligence security service incompetence edward bridges military shortages government code and cypher school peace proposals german navy hastings ismay diplomatic intelligence supply problems italian war effort
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Germany Iceland Italy Libya Russia Turkey
Document Reference
HW1 /812/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /812
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0812.002
Keywords
Supply Problems Military Shortages Fuel Transportation German Navy Warships Incompetence Diplomatic Intelligence Public Opinion Italian War Effort Peace Proposals
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
15
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Hastings Ismay
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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