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

11 Jan 1944

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 Ismay; a BONIFACE/SUNSET report from the Code and Cypher School (CSS) to Hut 3 signalled as SLICK 29 to the PM; on Southern Europe: that the Allies capture Lido, in the 29th Panzer Grenadier Division's sector, on January 10; of indications that the 162nd Division is later to be replaced by the 263rd Division, which is believed to have been in Russia in Autumn 1943, on January 10; and of an Allied bombing attack on Villa Orba on January 8; and on South-east Europe: of an Allied air raid on Sofia, on January 10.
france albania russia aircraft italy tactics naval warfare submarines corsica second world war military intelligence airfields military dispositions effects of bombing hermann göring government code and cypher school air raids military situation reports italian campaign shipping losses captured settlements allied powers dockyards
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Albania Corsica France Italy Russia
Document Reference
HW1 /2326/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2326
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2326.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Italian Campaign Captured Settlements Allied Powers Military Dispositions Effects Of Bombing Air Raids Airfields Aircraft Shipping Losses Tactics Submarines Naval Warfare Dockyards
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
19
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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