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

9 Oct 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 a Panzer Army assessment of Allied forces; of indications of an Allied large-scale attack in the near future, from October 7; and of the Panzer Army's supply requirements in anticipation of an impending Allied offensive, on October 8; Naval Headlines, covering a German armed raider being en route with an escort south to Boulogne, on October 8; from the Turkish ambassador in Vichy, of French comments from a member of Petain's staff on October 6; and from the Turkish ambassador in Kuibyshev on the war in Russia, as of October 6.
egypt armaments italy manpower warships second world war british army military intelligence military supplies security service eastern front military dispositions edward bridges government code and cypher school german u-boats naval intelligence predicting enemy intentions italian navy assessing enemy strength diplomatic intelligence desert war second front shipping losses rumours battle of stalingrad
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Egypt Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /959/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /959
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0959.002
Keywords
Assessing Enemy Strength Predicting Enemy Intentions British Army Desert War Military Supplies Manpower Armaments Naval Intelligence Warships German U-boats Italian Navy Shipping Losses Diplomatic Intelligence Rumours Second Front Military Dispositions Eastern Front Battle Of Stalingrad
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
16
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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