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

30 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: a BONIFACE report for the Deputy Prime Minister (PM); a BONIFACE report for Mr Loxley; a BONIFACE report for Lieutenant-General Sir Hastings Ismay; on the Russian Front: that bulky cargoes for Crimea are to be eliminated owing to a drop in transport performance, on December 27; a signal of December 30 at 2250 from Hollis for C and Ismay, including references to operation OVERLORD; two copies of a typed note for Hollis from Ismay; and a signal of December 27 at 1930 (local time) to C from Hollis for Jacob including references to Colonel Warden, that operation SHINGLE is scheduled for January 20, 1944, operations OVERLORD and ANVIL, Eisenhower, Montgomery and Christopher.
germany forced labour guerrilla warfare horses international relations military discipline transportation ports recruitment yugoslavia second world war partisans food supplies military intelligence military supplies paratroopers mutiny dwight eisenhower military organisation chiefs of staff effects of bombing hermann göring government code and cypher school turkish neutrality german army collaborators hastings ismay air raids allied strategy second front military commanders occupied yugoslavia turkish armed forces occupied italy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Germany Yugoslavia
Document Reference
HW1 /2309/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2309
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2309.002
Keywords
Recruitment Paratroopers Military Organisation Effects Of Bombing Air Raids Ports Occupied Italy German Army Military Supplies Transportation Occupied Yugoslavia Forced Labour Guerrilla Warfare Partisans Mutiny Collaborators Military Discipline Turkish Neutrality Turkish Armed Forces Horses Food Supplies Military Commanders Allied Strategy Second Front
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
17
Persons Discussed
Dwight Eisenhower Hermann Göring Hastings Ismay
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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