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

29 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 the German Air Ministry restricted test flights in the interests of fuel economy, as of August 23; on the Russian Front: a report for August 26/27, describing many Russian counter-attacks; Naval Headlines; and a message from the Italian ambassador in Tokyo, on the failure of Japan to grant concessions to Italian interests in south-east Asia, on August 24.
india france belgium japan poland italy netherlands warships fuel second world war liaison military intelligence convoys security service axis powers eastern front holland edward bridges government code and cypher school naval intelligence italian navy german air force red army military situation reports diplomatic intelligence shipping losses supply problems counter-attacks aerial attacks on ships
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Belgium France Holland India Italy Japan Netherlands Poland
Document Reference
HW1 /845/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /845
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0845.002
Keywords
Supply Problems Fuel German Air Force Military Situation Reports Eastern Front Red Army Counter-attacks Naval Intelligence Aerial Attacks On Ships Shipping Losses Italian Navy Convoys Warships Diplomatic Intelligence Liaison Axis Powers
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
13
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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