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

21 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 Southern Russian Front; Naval Headlines, covering Arctic convoys; from the Turkish ambassador in Vichy, on Franco-German fears of a U.S. landing at Dakar, from September 4; from the Turkish ambassador in Berlin, on Axis pressure on Turkey to enter the war, from September 4; from the Japanese ambassador in Rome, that Mussolini is to meet Hitler, on September 17; and from the Turkish Embassy in Moscow, that the Soviets are fighting hard and calling for a second front, on September 17.
turkey france egypt greece germany colonies international relations second world war casualties military intelligence military supplies convoys adolf hitler security service eastern front edward bridges government code and cypher school vichy regime german u-boats turkish neutrality naval intelligence benito mussolini red army military situation reports diplomatic intelligence allied strategy second front shipping losses arctic convoys
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Egypt France Germany Greece Turkey
Document Reference
HW1 /912/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /912
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0912.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Eastern Front Red Army Casualties Naval Intelligence German U-boats Arctic Convoys Shipping Losses Convoys Military Supplies Diplomatic Intelligence Allied Strategy Colonies Vichy Regime Turkish Neutrality Second Front
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
11
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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