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

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 contains a message from C to the Prime Minister (PM); and the following reports on Italy: a situation report for March 24, stating that the Allies returned to attack at Cassino supported by tanks, artillery and aircraft; that the troops of the 1st Parachute Division under Lieutenant General Heidrich were commended; that 328 Italians were shot as a reprisal for an attack on the SS Police in Rome; that Army Group von Zanfeg carried out mopping up operations against guerrillas in the area of Savona, killing 16 and capturing 60; that a U.S. commando unit that landed at Bonnassola was taken prisoner; and that the shipping situation in the Adriatic is serious, on March 23; on Germany: that the German Air Force (GAF) Transport Commander calls for volunteers for the defence of the Reich, on March 23; on the Soviet Union front: of the 4th Air Fleet's operational orders for March 25; and that the 8th Air Corps is to attack Soviet forces advancing to the south in a gap between the 1st and 4th Panzer Armies; Naval Headlines, covering that the destroyers Hans Lody and Erich Steinbrinck are to exercise with S-boats in the southern part of Oslofjord; that the Japanese battleship Nagato is to dock in Singapore, followed by the Fuso and the aircraft carrier Zuikaku; that large-scale reinforcements are being sent to the Tr U.K.-Marianas-Palao area; and a Japanese assessment of Allied strategy, to advance via the Carolines and North New Guinea to the Philippines; and from the Japanese ambassador in Anakara, on the war situation and the Balkans, on March 22.