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

28 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: BONIFACE summaries for the Deputy Prime Minister (PM), Brigadier Jacob and Mr Loxley; on Southern Europe: that Allied air attacks on the Italian Adriatic coastal sector render approach roads impassable and prevent German tank operations, on November 27; that island operations continue off Zara, with the Germans occupying 3 islands, on November 27; that the Germans claim to have captured 4000 prisoners while mopping up Samos; that a German cargo ship sunk off Samos on November 27 was carrying German troops and supplies; and further details of an Allied air raid on Toulon, on November 24; on the Russian Front: of a German proposal to establish a German joint services HQ at Constanza in Romania, on November 26; and a German Air Force (GAF) report of operations on the southern Russian Front including Crimea, on November 27.
italy ports prisoners of war warships second world war military intelligence military supplies eastern front military organisation effects of bombing government code and cypher school inter-services cooperation supply drops german army occupied france german navy occupation arrangements air raids troop movements italian campaign shipping losses fighter escorts romanian armed forces
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /2264/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2264
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2264.002
Keywords
Italian Campaign German Army Inter-services Cooperation Fighter Escorts Occupation Arrangements Prisoners Of War Shipping Losses Troop Movements Military Supplies Romanian Armed Forces Military Organisation Effects Of Bombing Air Raids Ports Occupied France Warships German Navy Eastern Front Supply Drops
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
32
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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