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

20 Nov 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: the Panzer Army chief quartermaster reports the successful evacuation of stores from Benghazi, on November 18; of the successful withdrawal of troops from Benghazi, which is to be evacuated on the night of November 18-19; of a grave shortage of fuel; that the Panzer Army request the German Air Force (GAF) to fly fuel to the Young Fascists, on November 18; reports from the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) representative in Monrovia, for November 18 (extract); Naval Headlines, covering Mediterranean shipping; from the Portuguese minister in Tokyo on Japanese pessimism regarding the war, on November 18; from the Spanish ambassador in London, about the possibility of Spain being involved in the war, on November 16; from the Turkish consul in Moscow on the Soviet situation, on November 16; from the Turkish ambassador in Rome on North African operations, on November 16; and from the Turkish minister in Madrid, on the Spanish attitude towards the events in North Africa, on November 18.
india turkey libya cyprus gibraltar united states of america germany russia colonies evacuation international relations italy ports spain fuel crete sicily second world war military intelligence military supplies convoys adolf hitler security service incompetence eastern front military dispositions edward bridges government code and cypher school german intelligence services axis strategy naval intelligence german army spanish neutrality italian navy josef stalin diplomatic intelligence troop movements desert war torpedo boats supply problems french air force
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Cyprus Germany Gibraltar India Italy Libya Russia Sicily Spain Turkey United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /1125/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1125
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1125.002
Keywords
Supply Problems German Army Desert War Evacuation Military Supplies Ports Troop Movements Fuel Military Dispositions Colonies French Air Force Naval Intelligence Torpedo Boats Italian Navy Convoys Diplomatic Intelligence Axis Strategy Eastern Front German Intelligence Services Incompetence Spanish Neutrality
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
24
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler Josef Stalin
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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