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

3 Jul 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 This file includes the following reports on Germany: that signals personnel are being withdrawn from western France to provide increased Radio Direction Finder (RDF) protection, on July 1; on the Russian Front: that Soviet troops are to land in Crimea in order to cut off the Kertsch and Kuban bridgehead, on June 30; Naval Headlines; from the Japanese military attaché in Madrid, a Spanish General Staff report on British preparations to use gas in air raids on Germany, on July 1; from the Chinese minister in Ankara, giving the Turkish view of the Allied strategy, on June 29; from the German Embassy in Ankara, warning of an impending Allied attack on the Dodecanese, on June 20; from the Portuguese minister in Rome, detailing Italian defence measures, on June 30; and from the Portuguese ambassador in London, on the U.K. economy, on July 1.
france bulgaria germany international relations italy shipping propaganda radar great britain england sardinia second world war personnel military intelligence security service secret intelligence service eastern front turkish foreign policy foreign office edward bridges ministry of economic warfare home front intelligence reports government code and cypher school guy liddell air raid precautions predicting enemy intentions italian navy german air force diplomatic intelligence anti-aircraft defence italian government soviet strategy german agents anglo-portuguese relations
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Bulgaria England France Germany Great Britain Italy Sardinia
Document Reference
HW1 /1793/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1793
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1793.002
Keywords
German Air Force Radar Personnel Air Raid Precautions Anti-aircraft Defence Home Front German Agents Intelligence Reports Soviet Strategy Eastern Front Predicting Enemy Intentions Italian Navy Shipping Diplomatic Intelligence Turkish Foreign Policy Italian Government Propaganda Anglo-portuguese Relations
Languages
English
Organizations
Foreign Office Ministry of Economic Warfare Secret Intelligence Service Security Service Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
13
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Guy Liddell
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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