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: SHARK, that U-boat cipher keys for April 14-17 have been broken; that German military reinforcements for Tunisia arrive in Naples, on April 18; and that the German Air Force (GAF) at Tunis proposes the withdrawal of a Stuka unit on April 20; on the Mediterranean: of GAF measures to be taken to deal with an Allied landing on Sardinia, on April 18; Naval Headlines, covering U-boat operations in the Atlantic; from the Japanese Foreign Minister: that ambassadors are to seek information on Hitler-Mussolini talks, on April 14; and from the Japanese minister to the Vatican, giving the Finnish minister's views on the war, as of April 13.
- Collection ID
- HW1
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Finland Italy Russia Sardinia Sicily Tunisia
- Document Reference
- HW1 /1617/2
- Document Types
- Intelligence Report
- File Reference
- HW1 /1617
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.hw1.1617.002
- Keywords
- Troop Movements German Army Invasion Of French North Africa Contingency Planning Defence Invasion Of Italy Military Dispositions German Air Force Naval Intelligence Battle Of The Atlantic Convoys German U-boats Italian Navy Shipping Air Raids Ports Axis Strategy Soviet War Effort
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
- Pages
- 14
- Persons Discussed
- Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence International Relations
