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

19 Feb 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 includes the following reports on the Russian Front: of Soviet advances resulting in further restriction of the 17th Army's bridgehead, on February 17; and a situation report for February 18, detailing Soviet advances including the capture of Pavlograd; on North Africa: that the German Army authorities instructed that in the event of an Axis evacuation of Thelepte all aircraft there are to be destroyed, on February 18; on Yugoslavia: that German/Croat operations against Communist partisans were restricted by inadequate forces, on February 18; Naval Headlines; from the Turkish consul in Moscow, relating a prediction of further Soviet successes and Germany's downfall, on February 15; and from the Greek ambassador in Ankara, reports of February 16 and 17 on Bulgarian peace feelers and the presence of Bulgarian and Hungarian agents in Turkey.
ukraine turkey bulgaria tunisia germany russia aircraft evacuation guerrilla warfare manpower yugoslavia fuel second world war contingency planning partisans military intelligence security service eastern front airfields edward bridges military shortages government code and cypher school anti-nazi resistance naval intelligence demolitions peace proposals italian navy red army military situation reports diplomatic intelligence military objectives shipping losses captured settlements bulgarian foreign policy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Bulgaria Germany Russia Tunisia Turkey Ukraine Yugoslavia
Document Reference
HW1 /1384/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1384
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1384.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Eastern Front Military Objectives Captured Settlements Red Army Contingency Planning Evacuation Airfields Demolitions Aircraft Fuel Military Shortages Manpower Guerrilla Warfare Partisans Anti-nazi Resistance Naval Intelligence Italian Navy Shipping Losses Diplomatic Intelligence Bulgarian Foreign Policy Peace Proposals
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
18
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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