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

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 Panzer Army report for November 21; an Axis shipping report from Tripoli for November 21; on the Germans' ration stocks at Bizerta, as of November 21; and the German police report that Denz is to be asked to represent the Vichy government in Tunisia, on November 20; Naval Headlines, covering German measures against an Arctic convoy; and that German guards are to be posted on French merchant ships; this file also includes messages from the Chinese minister in Ankara, relating the Turkish Foreign Minister's views on the war and the Turkish position, on November 19; from the Greek chargé in Kuibyshev, giving the Japanese ambassador's views on the war, on November 19; from the Japanese minister in Madrid, reporting Italian advice to Spain not to trust the Allies in North Africa, on November 17; from the Turkish minister in Madrid, describing Spanish-German relations over North Africa, on November 19; and that Franco has asked Hitler for assurances on Spanish neutrality, on November 20; from the Turkish minister in Vichy, on Vichy-German relations, as of November 19; and that Petain is unwilling to declare war on the Allies, on November 20; from the Turkish minister in Lisbon, giving the Portuguese view that the Allies will invade Spain, on November 22; and a minute from the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) to the Prime Minister (PM) with an appreciation of the Axis forces in and destined for Tunisia, on November 20.