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

13 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); from Special Communications Unit (SCU) La Marsa for Spencer, the PM, via Gore-Browne, a BONIFACE report on December 13; on South Europe: that the Commander in Chief (C-in-C) for the Southwest states that the 1st and 2nd Panzer Corps are to transfer, on December 10; that the German Air Force (GAF) are to reconnoitre for the Allied reinforcement of Corsica and Sardinia, on December 11; and that GAF long-range bombers are transferring from Italy to Denmark, on December 11; on South-east Europe: that the 5th SS Panzer Corps hand over a South African pilot to the GAF, on November 30; from the GAF in Albania on captured RAF pilots, on December 8; and of English landing intentions on the Adriatic coast, on December 13; and on the Southern Russian Front: that the Soviets are within 13 miles of Kirovograd, on December 11.
france albania denmark italy corsica sardinia second world war military operations military intelligence adolf hitler eastern front military organisation government code and cypher school german army predicting enemy intentions liberated europe red army military situation reports troop movements military commanders allied powers breakthroughs
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Albania Corsica Denmark France Italy Sardinia
Document Reference
HW1 /2285/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2285
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2285.002
Keywords
Military Organisation German Army Military Commanders Predicting Enemy Intentions Allied Powers Troop Movements Liberated Europe Eastern Front Military Situation Reports Red Army Military Operations Breakthroughs
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
23
Persons Discussed
Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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