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

21 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: a BONIFACE summary from Brigadier Hollis for the Prime Minister (PM); on South Europe: of the 87th Army Corps being near Genoa, on August 20; that the Messina Straits are quiet now that the withdrawal of the army has been completed, on August 20; that Richthoven orders that all PoWs are to remain in German hands, on August 20; and a German secret service report on a liaison with the Commander in Chief (C-in-C) South, on August 18; on South-east Europe: a German Air Force (GAF) Air Officer Croatia report for August 20, noting the tense situation; and on the dangers of travel in Croatia, on August 15; and on Western Europe: that a GAF reconnaissance of east Scottish ports reveals no indication of invasion intentions, on August 20.
albania croatia guerrilla warfare italy prisoners of war corsica sardinia sicily second world war partisans military intelligence coastal defence military organisation military dispositions aerial reconnaissance government code and cypher school turkish neutrality german army collaborators invasion preparations allied strategy second front invasion of italy occupied yugoslavia
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Albania Corsica Croatia Italy Sardinia Sicily
Document Reference
HW1 /1953/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1953
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1953.002
Keywords
Military Dispositions German Army Coastal Defence Invasion Of Italy Prisoners Of War Military Organisation Turkish Neutrality Occupied Yugoslavia Collaborators Guerrilla Warfare Partisans Aerial Reconnaissance Invasion Preparations Allied Strategy Second Front
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
17
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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