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: that the Panzer Army is desperate for fuel supplies on August 25; a Naval Headlines report for August 27 on Italian activity; from the Japanese ambassador in Kuibyshev, speculation on the future progress of the Axis war against Russia, on August 13; and from the Japanese ambassador in Vichy, that Gaullists are gaining influence in French colonies in Africa, on August 22.
- Collection ID
- HW1
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- France Germany Great Britain Japan Russia United States of America
- Document Reference
- HW1 /840/2
- Document Types
- Intelligence Report
- File Reference
- HW1 /840
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.hw1.0840.002
- Keywords
- Supply Problems Fuel Desert War Shipping Losses Naval Intelligence Italian Navy Shipping Diplomatic Intelligence German Strategy Eastern Front German-japanese Relations Vichy Regime
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Comando Supremo Security Service Government Code and Cypher School
- Pages
- 9
- Persons Discussed
- Edward Bridges Charles de Gaulle
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
