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

20 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 Southern Europe: of a message of 2100 on June 19 ordering a state of emergency, which was corrected 2 hours later to a state of vigilance; on the Mediterranean: on a German Air Force (GAF) attack against Allied shipping in the harbour at Djidjelli, on June 17; on the Russian Front/Italy: of 2 GAF operational commands moving from southern Russia to northern Italy as at June 19; the Prime Minister (PM) annotates this summary asking, how many planes?, the apparent reply was 600-750; on the Russian Front: a report of Axis air operations over southern Russia on June 18/19; Naval Headlines; from the Japanese minister in Bucharest, giving a minister's detailed views as of June 14 on the likely future progress of the war, including the possibility that if the Soviet Union was victorious she would overrun Europe to the dismay of England and America, and also his views on the likely future relationship between the Soviet Union and Japan; and from the Portuguese ambassador in London, a report of June 19, see 3623.
security japan united states of america germany russia italy spain soviet union warships england second world war military operations military intelligence security service battle of the atlantic eastern front military organisation military dispositions edward bridges government code and cypher school german u-boats naval intelligence german navy italian navy german air force german strategy diplomatic intelligence aerial attacks on ships
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
England Germany Italy Japan Russia Soviet Union Spain United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /1750/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1750
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1750.002
Keywords
Military Organisation Security German Air Force Aerial Attacks On Ships Military Dispositions Military Operations Eastern Front Naval Intelligence German U-boats Battle Of The Atlantic German Navy Warships Italian Navy Diplomatic Intelligence German Strategy
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
19
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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