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

28 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 on North Africa: that all British PoWs captured in North Africa are to be handed over to the Italians on August 28; Naval Headlines; and from the Japanese minister in Kabul, that the internal situation in India is more serious than has been publicly announced, on August 26.
india italy prisoners of war submarines warships second world war british army military intelligence convoys security service sabotage edward bridges government code and cypher school german u-boats naval intelligence italian navy german-italian relations diplomatic intelligence desert war shipping losses indian independence
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
India Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /843/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /843
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0843.002
Keywords
Prisoners Of War British Army Desert War German-italian Relations Naval Intelligence German U-boats Warships Italian Navy Convoys Shipping Losses Submarines Diplomatic Intelligence Sabotage Indian Independence
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
6
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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