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

19 Jan 1943

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 the Russian Front: a 4th Air Fleet situation report for January 18 for the Donets and lower Don Sectors; on North Africa: of indications of a probable paratroop operation in Tunisia on January 18; from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a summary of the progress of the war in Russia, with there being no expectation of Russian collapse; and of Soviet relations with other countries, including Japan, on January 10; from the Japanese ambassador in Berlin, giving a German contact's view of the Russian campaign, and of North Africa, on January 13; and from the Turkish ambassador in Vichy, on the conduct of Italian troops in the south of France, on January 16.
argentina ukraine morocco turkey france japan chile tunisia germany russia italy spain soviet union england second world war military intelligence adolf hitler security service eastern front edward bridges government code and cypher school operations planning occupied france peace proposals italian army invasion of french north africa operation torch josef stalin military situation reports diplomatic intelligence german airborne troops japanese foreign policy joachim von ribbentrop
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Argentina Chile England France Germany Italy Japan Morocco Russia Soviet Union Spain Tunisia Turkey Ukraine
Document Reference
HW1 /1322/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report Memorandum
File Reference
HW1 /1322
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1322.002
Keywords
Eastern Front Military Situation Reports Operations Planning German Airborne Troops Invasion Of French North Africa Operation Torch Diplomatic Intelligence Japanese Foreign Policy Peace Proposals Italian Army Occupied France
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
18
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler Joachim von Ribbentrop Josef Stalin
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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