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

19 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: that Stumme's luggage is supposedly arriving at Rome on October 15; of an indication of the return of Nehring, on October 15; the Panzer Army reports the deaths of two Italian generals on October 18; Naval Headlines, covering the Germans forming a landing-craft flotilla at Constanza for special operations; from the Turkish ambassador in Vichy, that the French government abandons its plan to send workmen to Germany in the face of a general strike, on October 16; and 110167, 110170 and 109526 were sent to Eisenhower (see 1113).
germany russia forced labour italy warships second world war casualties military intelligence convoys security service intelligence gathering military organisation edward bridges nazi-occupied europe government code and cypher school german u-boats naval intelligence italian navy erwin rommel italian army military commanders meteorological intelligence
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Germany Italy Russia
Document Reference
HW1 /986/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /986
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0986.002
Keywords
Military Organisation Military Commanders Casualties Italian Army Naval Intelligence Intelligence Gathering Meteorological Intelligence German U-boats Italian Navy Warships Convoys Nazi-occupied Europe Forced Labour
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
7
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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