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

14 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: on the results of Allied air raids in the Spezia area, on March 13, with several railway bridges being destroyed; of a German steamship being sunk in Spanish territorial waters, on March 12; that a German Air Force (GAF) order of March 8 ordering the withdrawal of a fighter group from the Rome area to Bonn was cancelled, and that the unit would deploy instead to Belgrade as of March 9; Naval Headlines; from the Japanese ambassador in Ankara, forwarding a statement by the Turkish Foreign Minister, on British arms and oil supplies to Turkey, on British pressure on Turkey to enter the war, and on Soviet/Turkish relations, on March 8; from the Japanese ambassador in Berlin, a very detailed report of March 9 on discussions with the German Vice-Minister Steengracht on the current war situation, and on Allied pressure on Germany's allies and neutral countries in an attempt to isolate Germany; from the German minister in Vichy, a report of March 3, relayed by Berlin on March 7 to Tokyo and other German embassies, on the minister's talks with Marshal Petain and general impressions of Petain; and from the Turkish minister in Stockholm, describing ongoing peace negotiations between Finland and the Soviet Union, on March 11.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Bulgaria Croatia Denmark England Ethiopia Finland France Germany Great Britain Holland Ireland Italy Netherlands Portugal Romania Soviet Union Spain Turkey United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /2619/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2619
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2619.002
Keywords
Effects Of Bombing Air Raids Shipping Losses Aerial Attacks On Ships Military Dispositions German Air Force Naval Intelligence German U-boats Torpedo Boats Warships Invasion Threat Pacific War United States Navy Aerial Attacks Japanese Navy Naval Bases
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service United Nations
Pages
23
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler Phillipe Pétain Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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