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

22 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 for the Deputy Prime Minister (PM); a BONIFACE report for Mr Loxley; a BONIFACE report for Brigadier Jacob; of training arrangements for 13000 recruits, almost entirely volunteers for parachute work, destined for the new Parachute Division, on November 8; four SIGINT reports signalled from C to Special Communications Unit (SCU) Cairo, on November 23; on Southern Europe: of damage caused as the result of an Allied air raid on Civita Vecchia on November 21; on South-east Europe: that General Mueller has reached Samos on November 22, with no resistance being offered, on November 22; that 2,000 soldiers are alleged to have left Samos for Turkey on November 21 and 22; that the German Air Force (GAF) Command for the South-east considers Allied interest in the Aegean is subsiding, on November 22; and that Army Group E orders preparations to be made for the demolition of harbours on Zante, Cephalonia and Corfu, on November 21.
turkey france iran albania training greece germany croatia italy tactics ports crete second world war military intelligence effects of bombing government code and cypher school escape operations planning demolitions predicting enemy intentions german navy commando raids german air force german strategy air raids german withdrawal amphibious operations anti-aircraft defence german airborne troops british withdrawals occupied greece
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Albania Crete Croatia France Germany Greece Iran Italy Turkey
Document Reference
HW1 /2257/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2257
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2257.002
Keywords
Operations Planning Amphibious Operations German Strategy Predicting Enemy Intentions Commando Raids Occupied Greece German Withdrawal German Navy German Air Force Tactics Anti-aircraft Defence Training German Airborne Troops Effects Of Bombing Air Raids British Withdrawals Escape Demolitions Ports
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
26
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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