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

8 Nov 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: that the 3rd Panzer Grenadier Division provides targets for air attacks, on November 8; a 16th Panzer Division situation report, for November 8; and that a shortage of tractors in southern Italy is considered to have had a marked adverse effect on operations, on October 30; on the Russian Front: of fighting in the Perekop isthmus, on November 7; and of German concerns over a plant in Nikolaev, on November 6; a German secret service report on the air attack on the Vatican City, on November 7; Naval Headlines; DiploFrance in Algiers reports the French National Committee's distrust of Allied intentions, on October 30; and from the Japanese ambassador in Ankara, giving the views of von Papen on Allied pressure on Turkey, on November 4.
turkey france hungary germany artillery conferences evacuation international relations transportation great britain warships second world war equipment military intelligence landing craft adolf hitler security service eastern front coastal defence turkish foreign policy soviet foreign policy military organisation foreign office edward bridges military shortages government code and cypher school german u-boats naval intelligence military situation reports diplomatic intelligence allied strategy amphibious operations supply problems invasion of italy captured equipment breakthroughs dockyards
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
France Germany Great Britain Hungary Turkey
Document Reference
HW1 /2225/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2225
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2225.002
Keywords
Allied Strategy Invasion Of Italy Breakthroughs Military Shortages Transportation Supply Problems Military Situation Reports Eastern Front Equipment Dockyards Evacuation Naval Intelligence German U-boats Warships Coastal Defence Artillery Captured Equipment Military Organisation Landing Craft Amphibious Operations Diplomatic Intelligence Soviet Foreign Policy Conferences Turkish Foreign Policy
Languages
English
Organizations
Foreign Office Security Service Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
23
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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