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

31 Dec 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 German Air Force (GAF) report on operations in Libya for December 30; of the intentions of a recce unit of the Panzer Army under Rommel for December 30 with a simultaneous attack by Centauro; that the Germans consider the Martlet fighter to be inferior to the Messerschmidt 109 but highly manoeuvrable, on December 30; the Japanese Foreign Minister in Tokyo reports his views of the recent war developments, on December 7; from the Japanese consul-general in Vienna, the views of Lieutenant General Gautier on the war situation, as of December 26; from the Turkish Foreign Ministry, the views of the Turkish minister in Bucharest on Bulgarian and Slav movements, from December 28; from the Turkish chargé d'affaires in Kuibyshev, on Russian offensive plans, from December 29; from the Turkish ambassador in Tokyo, on the Japanese desire for peace, on December 29; and Naval Headlines for December 30.
india china turkey france japan egypt bulgaria malta gibraltar tunisia portugal germany russia air warfare aircraft communism ireland italy shipping spain azores crete second world war casualties military intelligence convoys adolf hitler security service battle of the atlantic axis powers eastern front edward bridges government code and cypher school operations planning german u-boats naval intelligence german army italian navy erwin rommel german air force military situation reports diplomatic intelligence desert war allied strategy patrols soviet strategy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Azores Bulgaria China Crete Egypt France Germany Gibraltar India Ireland Italy Japan Malta Portugal Russia Spain Tunisia Turkey
Document Reference
HW1 /1272/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1272
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1272.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports German Air Force Air Warfare Casualties Desert War Operations Planning German Army Patrols Aircraft Diplomatic Intelligence Allied Strategy Communism Axis Powers Eastern Front Soviet Strategy Naval Intelligence Battle Of The Atlantic Convoys German U-boats Italian Navy Shipping
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
21
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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