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

3 Jul 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: of Allied air raid damage, probably at Lecce airfield, on July 2; a situation report of July 2; of indications that further tanks were shipped to Sicily, on July 1; on the order of battle of German anti-aircraft units in Sicily, on July 1; a German Air Force (GAF) intelligence report covering the central Mediterranean and Sicily, on July 1; and that GAF reconnaissance reports five heavy Allied naval units to be in Bizerta harbour, on July 2; on South-east Europe: a summary of GAF operations in the Balkans on July 1; of a German-Arab infantry formation being ordered to the Balkans, on June 30; that the Commander in Chief (C-in-C) for the South-east considers the protection of the Salonika-Athens railway to be inadequate, on June 30; and a GAF report on the ground situation in Yugoslavia, for July 1; on the Russian Front: a report of the 4th Air Fleet's operations on July 1; on Northern Europe: that bombs for the GAF are being transported by rail via Sweden to Finland, on July 2; and C reports that Sir Alexander Cadogan is being informed of this breach of neutrality.
malta cyprus finland greece air warfare croatia guerrilla warfare italy transportation ports railways sweden warships yugoslavia crete sicily second world war defence partisans royal navy military intelligence tanks airfields military dispositions aerial reconnaissance effects of bombing intelligence reports government code and cypher school german intelligence services german air force air raids military situation reports troop movements anti-aircraft defence aerial attacks occupied yugoslavia
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Croatia Cyprus Finland Greece Italy Malta Sicily Sweden Yugoslavia
Document Reference
HW1 /1792/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1792
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1792.002
Keywords
Air Raids Effects Of Bombing Airfields Transportation Tanks Military Dispositions Anti-aircraft Defence German Intelligence Services Intelligence Reports Air Warfare Aerial Reconnaissance German Air Force Ports Royal Navy Warships Aerial Attacks Occupied Yugoslavia Troop Movements Defence Railways Military Situation Reports Guerrilla Warfare Partisans
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
37
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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