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

7 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 correspondence: a telegram from Churchill to the Prime Ministers (PMs) of Australia and New Zealand concerning a Japanese fleet movement to Singapore, on March 3. This file also includes the following reports: the Reich Airfleet reports a U.S. raid on Berlin on March 6; on Southern Europe: a tank return for the German Army in Italy, as at February 27; on the Russian Front: a 4th Panzer Army report for March 6; on South-east Europe: that the commissioning of a torpedo boat by Croats under the Croatian flag was approved by the German Navy, on March 1; that a troop transport train was attacked by guerrillas near Dubrovnik on March 6; bomb damage at Kotor was reported on March 3; and that orders referred to by the Commander in Chief (C-in-C) for the Southeast on March 7, see 5925, have general application and are not confined only to the navy, on March 7.
singapore india japan germany russia australia guerrilla warfare information sharing italy naval bases new zealand transportation railways ceylon warships second world war casualties partisans military intelligence tanks eastern front intelligence organization stewart menzies effects of bombing hermann göring government code and cypher school german army military strength predicting enemy intentions collaborators manpower reductions air raids japanese navy military situation reports pacific war italian campaign anti-aircraft defence torpedo boats japanese strategy united states army air force occupied yugoslavia dockyards
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Australia Ceylon Germany India Italy Japan New Zealand Russia Singapore
Document Reference
HW1 /2591/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report Memorandum
File Reference
HW1 /2591
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2591.002
Keywords
Information Sharing Japanese Strategy Pacific War Japanese Navy Warships Naval Bases Predicting Enemy Intentions United States Army Air Force Air Raids Effects Of Bombing Casualties Anti-aircraft Defence Military Strength German Army Tanks Italian Campaign Military Situation Reports Eastern Front Collaborators Torpedo Boats Transportation Railways Guerrilla Warfare Partisans Occupied Yugoslavia Dockyards Manpower Reductions
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
31
Persons Discussed
Hermann Göring Stewart Menzies
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence Intelligence Organization

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