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

22 Apr 1944

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 West Europe: of large-scale sabotage in Bergen, on April 20; on South-east Europe: that the Germans are to set up a second Moslem division to aid in the pacification of north Bosnia, on April 10; Naval Headlines, covering Japanese shipping losses; from DiploFrance in Algiers, instructions to modify Cordell Hull's speech so as not to give propaganda to Vichy, on April 11; a note to the Prime Minister (PM) by AC (AE - Anthony Eden?) on French telegrams from London to Algiers, on April 21; from the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs to the ambassador in Berlin, that an agreement for closer Japanese-German cooperation gives the ambassador the opportunity for increased regular contact with Nazi leaders, from April 18; and from the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs to all stations, stating the German reaction to Churchill's ban on diplomatic communications prior to the launching of the second front, on April 18 - the PM says the Foreign Secretary is to see this.
singapore france japan united states of america germany international relations norway great britain yugoslavia england second world war military intelligence adolf hitler security service battle of the atlantic bosnia sabotage military organisation edward bridges government code and cypher school cyphers anti-nazi resistance operations planning german u-boats naval intelligence predicting enemy intentions collaborators communications disruption japanese navy diplomatic intelligence pacific war german-japanese relations occupied norway joachim von ribbentrop japanese strategy aerial attacks on ships british strategy occupied yugoslavia
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Bosnia England France Germany Great Britain Japan Norway Singapore United States of America Yugoslavia
Document Reference
HW1 /2730/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2730
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2730.002
Keywords
Sabotage Anti-nazi Resistance Occupied Norway Military Organisation Collaborators Occupied Yugoslavia Naval Intelligence German U-boats Battle Of The Atlantic Aerial Attacks On Ships Operations Planning Japanese Strategy Japanese Navy Pacific War German-japanese Relations Diplomatic Intelligence Communications Disruption Cyphers Predicting Enemy Intentions British Strategy
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
14
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler Joachim von Ribbentrop
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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