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

23 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: the German Air Force (GAF) report Sibari railway station will be closed for 3-4 weeks, from August 21; that German nurses are to be evacuated from Sardinia, on August 21; of reinforcements and supplies for the SS Brigade Reichfuehrer, in Corsica, on August 21; from a German senior officer in Milan on bomb damage and local morale, on August 22; and that the Panzer Grenadier Hermann Goering Division is being moved back, on August 21; on South-east Europe: a German report on the morale of Italian forces in Yugoslavia, on August 17; that the GAF are seeking seaplane bases on the coasts of Albania and Dalmatia, on August 19; and of German reinforcements to Skarpanto, on August 22.
albania greece germany russia evacuation italy military bases public opinion railways corsica sardinia sicily second world war personnel military medicine military intelligence military supplies morale effects of bombing intelligence reports hermann göring public morale leslie hollis government code and cypher school german army benito mussolini italian army air raids troop movements german withdrawal defeatism
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Albania Corsica Germany Greece Italy Russia Sardinia Sicily
Document Reference
HW1 /1957/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1957
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1957.002
Keywords
Effects Of Bombing Railways Evacuation Military Medicine Personnel Troop Movements Military Supplies German Army Air Raids Public Opinion Public Morale German Withdrawal Italian Army Morale Intelligence Reports Defeatism Military Bases
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
26
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring Leslie Hollis Benito Mussolini
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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