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

23 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: from the Turkish military attaché in Kuibyshev, that there is no news of any Japanese attack on the Soviet Union as such reports are propaganda, on October 20; and Naval Headlines, covering German troop transports being torpedoed, and German criticism of Italian convoy management.
japan malta gibraltar germany russia malaya international relations italy crete second world war royal navy military intelligence convoys security service aerial reconnaissance edward bridges government code and cypher school naval intelligence predicting enemy intentions diplomatic intelligence shipping losses japanese strategy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Germany Gibraltar Italy Japan Malaya Malta Russia
Document Reference
HW1 /1002/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1002
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1002.002
Keywords
Diplomatic Intelligence Japanese Strategy Naval Intelligence Shipping Losses Predicting Enemy Intentions Royal Navy Convoys Aerial Reconnaissance
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
4
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
International Relations Military Intelligence

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