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

18 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: a SUNSET report from Brigadier Jacob for the Prime Minister (PM); a SUNSET report for the Deputy PM; a SUNSET report for Mr Loxley; that the 16th Panzer Division is leaving Italy for the Russia Front, on November 15; on South-east Europe: the German Air Force (GAF) Command for the South-east's operations report for November 17 included the bombing of Samos; and damage was reported as the result of Allied raids on Kalamaki and Eleusis on November 17; and on the Russian Front: a situation report, for November 15. This file also includes correspondence involving Churchill, Eisenhower and the Admiralty: on the location of a conference in either Malta or Cairo, on November 18 and 19; and four copies of SUNSET reports of November 18 for Special Communications Unit (SCU) Malta and one for Hut 3.
security albania malta gibraltar greece russia evacuation italy transportation crete second world war military intelligence adolf hitler eastern front adverse weather conditions dwight eisenhower military dispositions government code and cypher school german army military situation reports troop movements italian campaign aerial attacks strafing captured equipment occupied greece
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Albania Crete Gibraltar Greece Italy Malta Russia
Document Reference
HW1 /2252/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2252
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2252.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Italian Campaign Aerial Attacks Strafing Adverse Weather Conditions Military Dispositions German Army Troop Movements Security Captured Equipment Occupied Greece Eastern Front Evacuation Transportation
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
49
Persons Discussed
Dwight Eisenhower Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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