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

20 May 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 contains a message from Brigadier LRC Hollis for the Prime Minister (PM); a BONIFACE summary; and the following reports on the Mediterranean: that the German Air Force (GAF) are to repeat their attack on Oran on May 20; that the GAF are to attack Oran from Sardinia, on the night of May 20-21; that Kesselring orders the transport of aviation fuel to southern Sardinia to be speeded up, on May 17; that Axis tanks are to be transported to central Sicily, on May 18; and a German naval summary for May 18; on the Russian Front: a GAF ground situation report for May 19; and a message from the Code and Cypher School (CSS) to Washington, on May 20: that the PM is to see a Japanese diplomatic telegram.
gibraltar italy norway transportation ports fuel sardinia sicily second world war equipment military intelligence royal air force military supplies tanks eastern front airfields effects of bombing leslie hollis government code and cypher school operations planning german war effort invasion threat air raids red army military situation reports aerial attacks on ships breakthroughs invasion of sicily operation husky
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Gibraltar Italy Norway Sardinia Sicily
Document Reference
HW1 /1697/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1697
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1697.002
Keywords
Operations Planning Aerial Attacks On Ships Ports Invasion Threat Invasion Of Sicily Operation Husky Transportation Fuel Airfields Tanks Military Supplies Equipment Effects Of Bombing Air Raids Royal Air Force German War Effort Military Situation Reports Eastern Front Red Army Breakthroughs
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
24
Persons Discussed
Leslie Hollis
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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