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

8 Dec 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 reports for Brigadier Jacob; Mr Loxley; and the Deputy Prime Minister (PM); on the Southern Russian Front: of the 4th Air Fleet's air reconnaissance results, on December 5 and 6; the Admiral for the Black Sea's preliminary report of December 7; the Admiral for the Black Sea's report of December 5, noting a concern to evacuate valuable material; and from the German navy at Nikolaev on evacuation proposals, in December; from Special Communications Unit (SCU) Cairo for Gore-Browne: that the 15th Panzer Division is using its last reserves to block Allied pressure; and a 94th Division report, for December 6; on South Europe: on the naval situation in Italian ports on the Adriatic, as of December 5-6; a 15th Panzer Grenadier Division report, for December 6; and the 14th Panzer Corps reports an Allied attack, on December 7.
ukraine evacuation italy second world war military intelligence eastern front coastal defence aerial reconnaissance government code and cypher school camouflage german army german strategy red army military situation reports troop movements italian campaign german withdrawal shipping losses supply problems naval bombardment allied powers romanian armed forces occupied greece smokescreen
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy Ukraine
Document Reference
HW1 /2279/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2279
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2279.002
Keywords
Allied Powers Naval Bombardment Occupied Greece Coastal Defence German Strategy Shipping Losses Military Situation Reports German Army Italian Campaign Eastern Front Aerial Reconnaissance Red Army Troop Movements Romanian Armed Forces German Withdrawal Evacuation Supply Problems Smokescreen Camouflage
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
36
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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