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

17 May 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 contains a message from Miss Pettigrew for the Prime Minister (PM); and the following correspondence: a Japanese estimate of Soviet manpower; from the German ambassador in Madrid, on Franco's pro-Axis views, on April 22; from the Japanese ambassador in Berlin, on seeking a discussion with the German leadership after the fall of Tunisia, on May 12, with a talk with Ribbentrop arranged for May 19; from the Japanese ambassador in Ankara, describing rumours on Allied plans, as of May 14; from the Portuguese minister to the Vatican, that peace moves are unlikely, as of May 15; from the Brazilian minister to the Vatican, giving Italian reactions to the fall of Tunisia, on May 10; and from the Code and Cypher School (CSS) to Washington: that the PM is to see specified German and Japanese diplomatic telegrams, from May 17.
japan tunisia germany russia conferences international relations italy public opinion spain great britain england sardinia sicily second world war adolf hitler security service subversion balearic islands diplomatic officials edward bridges nazi leadership intelligence distribution public morale government code and cypher school axis strategy josef stalin diplomatic intelligence joachim von ribbentrop allied powers italian government spanish foreign policy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Balearic Islands England Germany Great Britain Italy Japan Russia Sardinia Sicily Spain Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /1693/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1693
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1693.002
Keywords
Diplomatic Intelligence Diplomatic Officials Spanish Foreign Policy Axis Strategy Nazi Leadership Allied Powers Conferences Public Opinion Public Morale Subversion Italian Government Intelligence Distribution
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
17
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler Joachim von Ribbentrop Josef Stalin
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
International Relations

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