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

27 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: of the Panzer Army's dispositions for coastal defence, on September 25; on the German police (SS): of activity in Europe, and deaths at Auschwitz, in September; this file also includes messages from the Japanese minister in the Vatican, relating rumours of Finnish-Soviet peace negotiations, on September 23; from the Japanese ambassador in Berlin, giving views on the Axis strategy for a long war, on September 23; from the Japanese minister in Berne, detailing rumours of a U.S. attempt to detach Italy from the Axis, on September 24; and from the Turkish ambassador in London, stating that Churchill promises military supplies to Turkey, from September 27.
india ukraine turkey japan united states of america finland germany russia international relations italy norway police prisoners of war great britain second world war disease partisans military intelligence adolf hitler security service coastal defence bosnia military organisation edward bridges government code and cypher school german intelligence services turkish neutrality collaborators peace proposals german strategy diplomatic intelligence desert war allied strategy joachim von ribbentrop japanese strategy rumours
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Bosnia Finland Germany Great Britain India Italy Japan Norway Russia Turkey Ukraine United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /929/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /929
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0929.002
Keywords
Military Organisation Desert War Coastal Defence Diplomatic Intelligence Rumours Peace Proposals Allied Strategy German Strategy Japanese Strategy Turkish Neutrality German Intelligence Services Police Partisans Collaborators Prisoners Of War Disease
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
13
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler Joachim von Ribbentrop
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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