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

5 Jun 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 Mediterranean: the German Air Force (GAF) at Trapani report an Allied raid, on June 4; on the German Navy: a situation report for June 4; on the Southern Russian Front: the GAF claim a bombing success against Kursk, on June 2; Naval Headlines, covering U-boat operations in the Atlantic; from the Brazilian minister in Ankara, forwarding Turkish information of German threats to Italy, on June 2; from the Portuguese ambassador in London, that Eden is very unhappy at the Portuguese agreement to supply Germany, on May 13; from the Turkish ambassador in Vichy, communicating French information that the Germans will not mount an offensive against the Soviets, but will concentrate on the West, on May 25; from the Japanese minister in Lisbon, on Churchill's speech and Anglo-U.S. strategy, on May 20; from the Japanese ambassador in Berlin, detailing a British raid on German dams, on May 20; from the Greek ambassador in Kuibyshev, that the Soviets expect a German attack, as of May 12; from the German ambassador in Madrid, describing the Italian ambassador's interview with Franco, on May 17; from the Greek ambassador in Ankara, on Turkish fears following the Allied victory in Tunisia, on May 14; from the Japanese Foreign Minister to the ambassador in Berlin, on an interest in German anti-U.S. propaganda, on May 24; from the Japanese minister in Lisbon, on Allied use of Portuguese islands in the Atlantic, on May 24; from the Japanese minister in Berne, describing Swiss fears of an invasion and German strategy in Italy, on May 26; from the Japanese ambassador in Berlin, noting the effect of Allied air raids on Germany, and German-Italian friction, on May 26; and from Roumania: on a prohibited coastal zone, from June 3.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Azores Balearic Islands Cape Verde China Crete England France Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Guinea Holland Italy Japan Majorca Netherlands Norway Portugal Russia Sardinia Sicily South Africa Soviet Union Spain Switzerland Tunisia Turkey United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /1715/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1715
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1715.002
Keywords
Effects Of Bombing Air Raids Airfields Military Situation Reports Naval Warfare Shipping Losses Warships Torpedo Boats Aerial Attacks German Air Force Eastern Front Naval Intelligence Battle Of The Atlantic German U-boats Fuel Amphibious Operations Tactics Diplomatic Intelligence German-italian Relations Portuguese Neutrality Trade War Materials German Strategy Allied Strategy Anti-aircraft Defence Predicting Enemy Intentions Spanish Neutrality Turkish Foreign Policy Rumours Swiss Neutrality
Languages
English
Organizations
Foreign Office Security Service Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
39
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Karl Dönitz Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Franklin Delano Roosevelt Josef Stalin
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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