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: selected reports from back material not read by the Prime Minister (PM); from the Japanese naval attaché in Berlin, giving a German assessment of the war situation in southern Italy, as at April 11; and on German policy for the conduct of the war since the beginning of 1944, on March 29; on Germany: of the German Air Force (GAF) being ordered to ensure aircraft dispersal and airfield defence after heavy aircraft losses on the ground, on April 6; Naval Headlines 1014 for April 13; 1007 for April 6, covering German false claims of success against a Murmansk convoy; 1001 for March 31; and 1006 and 1013 (which are not included).
- Collection ID
- HW1
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- China Germany Great Britain Guinea Iceland Indochina Italy Japan Malaya Norway Philippines Russia Singapore Thailand Ukraine
- Document Reference
- HW1 /2729/2
- Document Types
- Intelligence Report
- File Reference
- HW1 /2729
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.hw1.2729.002
- Keywords
- Information Sharing German-japanese Relations Military Strength Italian Campaign Military Situation Reports Battle Of Anzio Operation Shingle German Strategy Predicting Enemy Intentions Eastern Front Operations Planning Counter-attacks Military Organisation Anti-aircraft Defence German Air Force Naval Intelligence German U-boats Torpedo Boats Japanese Navy Warships
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Government Code and Cypher School
- Pages
- 20
- Persons Discussed
- Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence International Relations
