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

17 Aug 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: from Brigadier Hollis for the Prime Minister (PM); on South Europe: that German commanders in Genoa and Leghorn are to be alert for Allied landings, on August 16; that the 16th Panzer Division arrived in a new operational area, at Eboli, on August 16; a 14th Panzer Corps report on Sicily and the Messina Straits, on August 16; that a German Air Force (GAF) fighter unit was congratulated on the use of mortars against Liberators, on August 16; on German interest in the readiness of German and Italian ships to sail from Italian ports, from August 9-15; from the French chargé in Tokyo, noting Japanese despondency, on August 4; and from the Japanese ambassador in Vichy, on the French political situation, as of August 6.
india france germany russia evacuation industry italy burma norway romania spain sweden sicily second world war defence military intelligence security service eastern front military organisation airfields military dispositions weapons production edward bridges home front government code and cypher school vichy regime german war effort german army invasion threat german air force diplomatic intelligence anti-aircraft defence french government invasion of italy pierre laval
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Burma France Germany India Italy Norway Romania Russia Sicily Spain Sweden
Document Reference
HW1 /1945/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1945
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1945.002
Keywords
Diplomatic Intelligence German War Effort Industry Weapons Production Vichy Regime French Government Military Organisation German Army Defence Invasion Threat Invasion Of Italy Anti-aircraft Defence Home Front Military Dispositions German Air Force Eastern Front Evacuation Airfields
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
23
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Pierre Laval
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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