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

19 Jun 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: Naval Headlines; BONIFACE reports on North Africa: that Gambut airfield was occupied by the 21st Panzer Division on June 18, and Bel Hamed was captured by the 90th Light Division; on intentions for June 18; on a warning from Kesselring about imminent sabotage attacks; and that conferences are planned for Rommel, Kesselring, von Waldau and Bastico on June 18, possibly at Panzer Army headquarters; and a further BONIFACE report: of an Italian naval report on the Mediterranean stating that little fleet activity is anticipated, on June 16.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Finland Greece Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /658/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /658
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0658.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Desert War German Army Supply Problems Naval Intelligence German Navy Italian Navy Shipping Airfields Captured Settlements German Strategy Predicting Enemy Intentions Special Operations Sabotage Conferences Military Commanders
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
20
Persons Discussed
Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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