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

13 Jun 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 Southern Europe: that Kesselring orders a Field Gendarmerie Company in Italy to be set up, on June 10; the German version of the damage done to Allied naval forces during the occupation of Pantelleria on June 11; and of a German Air Force (GAF) plan of attack to repulse an Allied landing on Lampedusa, on June 12; on South-east Europe: of GAF operations in Rhodes and Crete on June 11; from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin, on Turkish assurances to the Axis powers, on May 27; and from the Greek ambassador in Kuibyshev, on the war situation, as of June 11.
turkey poland germany russia aircraft international relations italy military discipline naval warfare transportation romania crete sicily second world war contingency planning defence military intelligence security service turkish foreign policy edward bridges government code and cypher school turkish neutrality german army invasion threat german air force diplomatic intelligence amphibious operations shipping losses
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Germany Italy Poland Romania Russia Sicily Turkey
Document Reference
HW1 /1734/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1734
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1734.002
Keywords
German Army Military Discipline Naval Warfare Amphibious Operations Shipping Losses Contingency Planning Defence Invasion Threat German Air Force Transportation Aircraft Diplomatic Intelligence Turkish Neutrality Turkish Foreign Policy
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
16
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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