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

29 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: on Kesselring's measures to reduce the operational load on Ju88 groups, because of crew fatigue, on September 28; Naval Headlines, covering the German cruiser Hipper and destroyers being stationed in a Norwegian port on three hours' notice; on the Azores: that German intelligence is to check on the Brazilian intention to occupy them at the end of September; on Tangier: that the Germans are controlling the handling of ships at Casablanca, on September 17; and naval section report ZIP/ZGM/1 was sent to the Prime Minister (PM) under 918.
brazil malta portugal iceland germany norway warships azores surveillance second world war personnel military intelligence intelligence gathering military exercises edward bridges government code and cypher school german intelligence services naval intelligence italian navy german air force portuguese neutrality
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Azores Brazil Germany Iceland Malta Norway Portugal
Document Reference
HW1 /936/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /936
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0936.002
Keywords
German Air Force Personnel Naval Intelligence Warships Military Exercises Italian Navy German Intelligence Services Intelligence Gathering Portuguese Neutrality
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
10
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence Surveillance

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