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

3 Mar 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 on Southern Europe: of the 362nd Infantry Division sorting out formations and building up a defensive front, with strong Allied air attacks reported, on March 2; bridgehead battle reports for March 2; that the Germans appreciate from prisoners that the U.S. have adopted a new formation of bombers against German defences, on March 2; Naval Headlines, including the Far East; from a representative of the Japanese Ministry of the Interior in Berlin, describing Allied air raids on Berlin, on February 27; from the Mexican ambassador in London, noting air raids on London, on February 29; the Persian Legation in London reports a news bulletin, on February 28; and from the Turkish ambassador in Moscow, giving the Soviet view of Churchill's speech, on February 29.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
England Finland Germany Hawaii Holland India Iraq Japan Mexico Netherlands Russia Singapore Spain Turkey
Document Reference
HW1 /2573/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2573
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2573.002
Keywords
Military Organisation German Army Predicting Enemy Intentions Aerial Attacks Battle Of Anzio Military Situation Reports Operation Shingle United States Army Air Force Tactics Air Raids Naval Intelligence German Navy Warships Torpedo Boats German U-boats Battle Of The Atlantic Operations Planning Naval Warfare Eastern Front Shipping Transportation Military Supplies Pacific War Japanese Navy Aircraft Carriers Diplomatic Intelligence Effects Of Bombing German War Effort
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
18
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Josef Stalin
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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