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 Western Europe: a 25th Army Corps situation report, for August 5; a situation report from an unspecified corps, for August 5; and that a German Air Force (GAF) anti-shipping unit was warned of a possible landing in the Rhone delta during the night of August 5; from the Chinese chargé in Berne, detailing rumours of Papal mediation for peace, on August 3; from the Persian ambassador in London, on flying bombs, on August 3; from the Brazilian ambassador in London, describing Churchill's speech, on August 3; from the Spanish minister in Helsinki, regarding Finnish-Soviet peace possibilities, on August 2; and Ribbentrop reviews the situation in an exhaustive paper including the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Hitler, on July 25.
- Collection ID
- HW1
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Argentina Brazil England Estonia Finland Germany Japan Norway Russia Soviet Union Switzerland Turkey
- Document Reference
- HW1 /3150/2
- Document Types
- Intelligence Report
- File Reference
- HW1 /3150
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.hw1.3150.002
- Keywords
- Troop Movements Allied Powers Battle Of Normandy Military Objectives Military Supplies Military Shortages German Air Force Aerial Attacks On Ships Invasion Threat Diplomatic Intelligence Rumours Peace Proposals Air Raids Neutrality Politics German Propaganda Assassinations Coup D’état German Army Military Commanders Nazi Leadership Security Secret Weapons
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Foreign Office Security Service Government Code and Cypher School
- Pages
- 25
- Persons Discussed
- Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler Joachim von Ribbentrop Josef Stalin
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence International Relations Weapons Technology Nuclear Warfare
