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

8 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 South Europe: on the degree of readiness at Sicilian ports, on July 8; that a German Air Force (GAF) in Sardinia fighter unit is to conduct exhaustive reconnaissance, on July 8; and that Italian E-boats are to attack landing craft at Sousse, on the night of July 8-9; Naval Headlines; from the Japanese minister in Bucharest, on the situation in Roumania, as of June 30; from the Japanese minister in Sofia, on Turkey's policy of neutrality, on June 30; and from the Japanese minister to the Vatican, on the war situation, and the need to encourage Italy, as at July 2.
madagascar argentina ukraine turkey mozambique japan bulgaria malta hungary tunisia germany croatia international relations italy shipping naval warfare ports romania spain great britain sardinia second world war military intelligence landing craft adolf hitler security service battle of the atlantic coastal defence military organisation aerial reconnaissance edward bridges government code and cypher school operations planning german u-boats naval intelligence italian navy german air force diplomatic intelligence aerial attacks on ships invasion of sicily bulgarian foreign policy romanian government
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Argentina Bulgaria Croatia Germany Great Britain Hungary Italy Japan Madagascar Malta Mozambique Romania Sardinia Spain Tunisia Turkey Ukraine
Document Reference
HW1 /1807/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1807
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1807.002
Keywords
Military Organisation Coastal Defence Ports Invasion Of Sicily German Air Force Aerial Reconnaissance Operations Planning Aerial Attacks On Ships Landing Craft Naval Intelligence German U-boats Battle Of The Atlantic Naval Warfare Italian Navy Shipping Diplomatic Intelligence Romanian Government Bulgarian Foreign Policy
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
16
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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