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

15 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 South-east Europe: that Hitler approved troop movements including further German reinforcements for southern Greece, on June 13; of proposals for new anti-landing minefields in the Ionian Sea, on June 14; and operations reports by German Air Force (GAF) Command for the South-east, on June 14; Naval Headlines; and from the Japanese ambassador in Kuibyshev on the Russian internal situation, as of May 31.
politics japan cyprus greece germany air warfare croatia shipping mines sweden crete second world war military operations military intelligence adolf hitler security service coastal defence military dispositions aerial reconnaissance edward bridges government code and cypher school naval intelligence german army german navy italian navy german air force soviet society josef stalin diplomatic intelligence anti-aircraft defence torpedo boats occupied greece
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Croatia Cyprus Germany Greece Japan Sweden
Document Reference
HW1 /1740/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1740
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1740.002
Keywords
Military Dispositions German Army Occupied Greece Coastal Defence Mines German Air Force Military Operations Aerial Reconnaissance Air Warfare Naval Intelligence Italian Navy Shipping German Navy Torpedo Boats Anti-aircraft Defence Diplomatic Intelligence Soviet Society Politics
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
19
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler Josef Stalin
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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