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

20 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 BONIFACE report to Brigadier Jacob for the Prime Minister (PM); a BONIFACE report for the Deputy PM; a BONIFACE report for Mr Loxley; on Southern Europe: the 76th Panzer Corps reports a reference to the Hermann Goering Division, on November 19; on South-east Europe: of successful Allied fighter bomber raids on Sibernik on November 19; of an Italian steamship being sunk by an Allied submarine, on November 19; and that an Allied submarine sinks two auxiliary vessels and one German machine gun boat, on November 19. This file also includes signalled correspondence of November 20 at 0835 and 0837 between Cairo and General Ismay concerning arrangements for the protection of attendees at the forthcoming meeting in Cairo.
security conferences ports submarines crete second world war military intelligence military dispositions hermann göring government code and cypher school german army troop movements italian campaign air raid warning systems anti-aircraft defence shipping losses aerial attacks on ships allied powers
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete
Document Reference
HW1 /2254/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2254
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2254.002
Keywords
German Army Troop Movements Military Dispositions Italian Campaign Aerial Attacks On Ships Ports Shipping Losses Submarines Security Anti-aircraft Defence Conferences Allied Powers Air Raid Warning Systems
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
16
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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