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

22 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); and a SUNSET intelligence report; on South Europe: that the German 10th Army takes command in southern Italy, from August 22; and that Panzertroop General Vietinghoff was nominated as Ground Officer Commanding (GOC) the 10th Army.
russia italy sardinia second world war military intelligence military organisation leslie hollis government code and cypher school german army
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy Russia Sardinia
Document Reference
HW1 /1956/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1956
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1956.002
Keywords
Military Organisation German Army
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
7
Persons Discussed
Leslie Hollis
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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