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

9 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 the Mediterranean: of Mussolini's views on the supply of North Africa and on the placing together of German and Italian motorised troops; Naval Headlines; the Saudi Arabian minister in London reports on the progress of the war; the Italian ambassador in Tokyo reports on Togo and east Asia, on September 2; the Japanese ambassador in Vichy reports that Germany is to use Norwegian shipping in French ports, from September 6; and the Portuguese consul in Pernambuco reports rumours of an Allied expedition against Dakar, on September 5.
india china security cape verde politics france egypt togo libya syria malta cyprus germany russia australia indochina international relations shipping norway siam warships azores crete second world war military intelligence military supplies security service axis powers military organisation persia edward bridges government code and cypher school german u-boats naval intelligence benito mussolini german navy italian navy erwin rommel german strategy german-italian relations diplomatic intelligence desert war fascist leadership
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Australia Azores Cape Verde China Crete Cyprus Egypt France Germany India Indochina Libya Malta Norway Persia Russia Siam Syria Togo
Document Reference
HW1 /884/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /884
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0884.002
Keywords
Fascist Leadership Military Supplies Desert War Military Organisation German-italian Relations Naval Intelligence German Navy Security German U-boats Italian Navy Warships Shipping Diplomatic Intelligence German Strategy Axis Powers Politics
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
10
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Benito Mussolini Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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