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

21 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: a report by the German Naval Command in Tunisia, for November 20; that a German battle unit is to transfer to Sousse, on November 20; a German secret service report on the Allies in French North Africa, for November 18; Naval Headlines, covering German naval measures against an Arctic convoy; that Petain orders Barres to resist the Allies; from the Japanese minister in Santiago, that Mussolini is ill, on November 10; from the Japanese minister in Sofia, on the Bulgarian view of the war, as of November 14; from the Japanese minister in Madrid, on Italian advice to Spain regarding an Allied guarantee on North Africa, on November 21; from the Portuguese minister in Ankara, regarding Spanish policy on North Africa, on November 19; from the Roumanian consul-general in Milan, on the low state of Italian morale, on November 15; from the Turkish ambassador in Rome, giving the view that the Axis is unlikely to move across Spain, on November 19; and reporting the effects of air raids on Italian cities, on November 19; from the Turkish minister in Lisbon, relating Portuguese views on the spread of the war in North Africa, on November 18; and from the Japanese minister in Lisbon, giving Italian views on Spain, on November 18.
morocco turkey france japan serbia bulgaria malta gibraltar tunisia portugal greece germany russia international relations italy spain great britain england sicily second world war british army military intelligence security service military dispositions foreign office edward bridges government code and cypher school german u-boats german army spanish neutrality predicting enemy intentions benito mussolini erwin rommel italian army invasion of french north africa operation torch diplomatic intelligence troop movements desert war allied strategy italian foreign policy captured settlements arctic convoys fascist leadership
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Bulgaria England France Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Italy Japan Malta Morocco Portugal Russia Serbia Sicily Spain Tunisia Turkey
Document Reference
HW1 /1130/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1130
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1130.002
Keywords
Military Dispositions Desert War German Army Italian Army Operation Torch Invasion Of French North Africa Captured Settlements Predicting Enemy Intentions Troop Movements British Army Arctic Convoys German U-boats Diplomatic Intelligence Fascist Leadership Italian Foreign Policy Spanish Neutrality Allied Strategy
Languages
English
Organizations
Foreign Office Security Service Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
22
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Benito Mussolini Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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