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

23 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 the Mediterranean/Southern Europe: a German Air Force (GAF) report for June 22, giving details of Romanian oilfields being on fire, of Allied air supplies to partisans in Greece and of GAF reconnaissance missions in the Mediterranean area and Yugoslavia; a further GAF summary for June 22, stating reconnaissance results and guerrilla successes in Greece; and Naval Headlines, including 6 items from U-boat communications (SHARK) which C informs the Prime Minister (PM) were exploitable on May 30-31 and June 15-18 inclusive.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Argentina Azores Brazil Corsica Croatia Greece Romania Sicily
Document Reference
HW1 /1763/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1763
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1763.002
Keywords
Oil German War Effort Occupied Greece Supply Problems Anti-nazi Resistance Naval Intelligence Battle Of The Atlantic German U-boats Italian Navy Warships Shipping Losses
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
11
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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