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

15 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 messages: 1526/T7 was sent to the Director of Military Intelligence (DMI) under 1067 (an extract); from the Greek ambassador in Ankara, that German pressure on Turkey has been eased by the Soviet stabilisation of the Russian Front, on October 12; and a Naval Headlines report that a German armed merchant raider has been sunk off Cherbourg.
turkey egypt germany russia italy shipping great britain warships second world war military intelligence security service coastal defence edward bridges government code and cypher school turkish neutrality naval intelligence german navy italian navy erwin rommel german strategy diplomatic intelligence torpedo boats
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Egypt Germany Great Britain Italy Russia Turkey
Document Reference
HW1 /972/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /972
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0972.002
Keywords
Diplomatic Intelligence Turkish Neutrality German Strategy Naval Intelligence German Navy Italian Navy Warships Torpedo Boats Coastal Defence Shipping
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
6
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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