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

21 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 the German Air Force (GAF) are to cooperate and exercise with the Italian Navy in preparation for resisting possible future Allied landings in Italy, and that a planning conference is to be held in Genoa on or soon after June 22; and that the Salonica-Athens railway and telephone lines were sabotaged during the night of June 20/21; and on Norway: that heavy weapons for the airfield defence of northern Norway are still unavailable, as at June 20.
gibraltar norway railways second world war defence military intelligence military shortages government code and cypher school inter-services cooperation invasion threat italian navy communications disruption german air force anti-aircraft defence
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Gibraltar Norway
Document Reference
HW1 /1756/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1756
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1756.002
Keywords
Inter-services Cooperation German Air Force Italian Navy Defence Invasion Threat Communications Disruption Railways Military Shortages Anti-aircraft Defence
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
10
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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