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

25 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 on South-eastern Europe: of the steamship Balkan being torpedoed south of Kombi en route to Salonica, on December 23; German Air Force (GAF) Command for the South East report that Allied air activity in the Balkans has stopped owing to bad weather, while activity is continuing in the Aegean, on December 23; and of a document captured by the 15th Mountain Corps which lists the partisans and British officers killed on Glamoc airfield, on November 27; and on the Adriatic: that Operation PENITENT has been declared successful despite strong resistance, on December 23.
italy submarines second world war military intelligence tanks intelligence reports abwehr government code and cypher school german navy german air force amphibious operations shipping losses aerial attacks on ships allied powers
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /2303/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2303
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2303.002
Keywords
Allied Powers Aerial Attacks On Ships German Navy Amphibious Operations Tanks Shipping Losses Submarines Intelligence Reports German Air Force
Languages
English
Organizations
Abwehr Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
11
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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