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

4 Jan 1942

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 BONIFACE reports: on instructions from the 4th Air Fleet that all reports from photographic reconnaissance were to be expedited from January 3; and that the Close Support Unit at Mariupol was reporting extreme cold and so there was no prospect for operations on January 4, and was concerned over the protection of airfields on January 3.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /342/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /342
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0342.002
Keywords
Intelligence Requirements Aerial Reconnaissance Red Army Eastern Front Troop Movements Tanks Shipping Artillery Climate Airfields Military Operations Military Situation Reports German Army Battles Mines
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
8
Persons Discussed
Hastings Ismay
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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