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

17 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 contains the following messages: from C to the Prime Minister (PM) suggesting that no action should be taken on a possible Portuguese agent; from the PM to C asking for action to be taken on a Portuguese traitor, on July 11 (see the Japanese telegrams below); from the Japanese minister in Lisbon, forwarding information from a Portuguese police commissioner on the British request to Salazar for the Azores, on July 3 and 5; and from the Japanese minister in Madrid, on the U.K.'s desire for the Azores, on July 5. This file also includes the following reports on South-east Europe: of the German Air Force's (GAF's) intentions for the night of July 5-6; that damage to railways in Yugoslavia necessitates the allocation of GAF transport aircraft, on June 29; and that the Axis expect an Allied landing in Greece, on July 2; on South Europe: that the Axis are only to destroy water supplies where there is no Italian civil population, on July 4; that Kesselring warns of the transfer of a specially trained harassing air unit to North Africa, on July 3; that the GAF in Sardinia is unable to re-fuel its long-range bombers, on July 3; and of the GAF's orders for July 6; German intelligence in Lisbon reports to Berlin on Allied invasion plans, on July 2; from the Spanish ambassador in London, that U.S. Catholic bishops have asked Churchill to avoid bombing Rome, on July 2; and from the Spanish Foreign Minister and ambassador in London, on Anglo-Spanish relations, on July 5.
security portugal united states of america greece germany air warfare croatia international relations italy military bases transportation romania spain great britain azores england sardinia second world war military intelligence security service informants foreign office intelligence organization intelligence reports government code and cypher school supply drops demolitions invasion threat predicting enemy intentions communications disruption german air force air raids diplomatic intelligence allied strategy comando supremo allied powers occupied greece occupied yugoslavia spanish foreign policy anglo-portuguese relations
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Azores Croatia England Germany Great Britain Greece Italy Portugal Romania Sardinia Spain United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /1844/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report Memorandum
File Reference
HW1 /1844
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1844.002
Keywords
Diplomatic Intelligence Security Informants Anglo-portuguese Relations Intelligence Reports Military Bases German Air Force Air Warfare Allied Powers Supply Drops Occupied Greece Occupied Yugoslavia Transportation Communications Disruption Predicting Enemy Intentions Invasion Threat Demolitions Air Raids Allied Strategy Spanish Foreign Policy
Languages
English
Organizations
Comando Supremo Foreign Office Security Service Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
26
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
International Relations Intelligence Organization Military Intelligence

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