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

11 Feb 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 North Africa: a German Air Force (GAF) situation report for February 10, describing activities being hampered by weather conditions; and that German tanks are 6 km east of Gafsa; a 5th Panzer Army situation report, noting lively artillery fire; and that an Allied attack was beaten off; a military situation report to 0900 on February 10 for the Russian Front, stating that Soviet forces have strengthened their bridgehead south of Novorossisk, and that attacks south of Voroshilovgrad were repulsed; of unsuccessful Soviet attacks south east and east of Kharkov; and that German forces east of the Donets were withdrawing to the west bank; the Japanese minister in Sofia comments on reports of peace moves within Europe, on January 28; the Japanese minister in Berne comments on reports of dissatisfaction with the results of the Casablanca Conference, on February 2; and the Turkish ambassador in Berlin reports a meeting with the German Chief of Protocol at which the Adana meeting was discussed, on February 5.
argentina turkey france japan hungary tunisia portugal united states of america germany russia diplomacy international relations italy prisoners of war romania spain great britain england second world war military operations military intelligence adolf hitler security service foreign office edward bridges hermann göring government code and cypher school press reports turkish neutrality german army franklin delano roosevelt erwin rommel invasion of french north africa german air force josef stalin military situation reports diplomatic intelligence troop movements joachim von ribbentrop casablanca conference
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Argentina England France Germany Great Britain Hungary Italy Japan Portugal Romania Russia Spain Tunisia Turkey United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /1356/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1356
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1356.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Invasion Of French North Africa German Air Force German Army Troop Movements Military Operations Prisoners Of War Diplomatic Intelligence Diplomacy Press Reports Casablanca Conference Turkish Neutrality
Languages
English
Organizations
Foreign Office Security Service Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
17
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Hermann Göring Adolf Hitler Joachim von Ribbentrop Erwin Rommel Franklin Delano Roosevelt Josef Stalin
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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