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

6 Sep 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 new appointments of commanding officers are to take effect on September 1 and 3; of details of weapon tests on Churchill tanks that were captured at Dieppe being passed to Rommel on September 3; and a report from the Panzer Army for September 5; Naval Headlines; and messages from the Turkish ambassador in Kuibyshev on Churchill's visit to Moscow, on August 30; and on Turkish apprehensions of a second front in the Near East; and from the Turkish ambassador in Teheran on the plight of the Poles in Russia, on August 30.
india turkey france japan egypt iraq poland germany russia conferences international relations mines warships england palestine sicily second world war defence british army military intelligence tanks adolf hitler security service fortifications military organisation persia edward bridges government code and cypher school governments in exile axis strategy naval intelligence italian navy anglo-soviet relations erwin rommel german deployments diplomatic intelligence desert war military commanders shipping losses captured equipment
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Egypt England France Germany India Iraq Japan Palestine Persia Poland Russia Sicily Turkey
Document Reference
HW1 /873/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /873
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0873.002
Keywords
Military Organisation Military Commanders Captured Equipment British Army Tanks German Deployments Desert War Defence Fortifications Mines Shipping Losses Naval Intelligence Warships Italian Navy Diplomatic Intelligence Anglo-soviet Relations Conferences Axis Strategy Governments In Exile
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
22
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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