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

30 May 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 report on Western Europe: a message of May 25 from the Commander in Chief (C-in-C) West to German High Command and relevant authorities in the Western Command on the release of anti-gas equipment from army central stores to units in his command, particularly to divisions on the French coast; and correspondence between the Prime Minister (PM), the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) and the Chiefs of Staff concerning German gas supplies and equipment.
chemical warfare second world war equipment military intelligence poison gas military organisation chiefs of staff government code and cypher school hastings ismay
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /2861/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report Memorandum
File Reference
HW1 /2861
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2861.002
Keywords
Military Organisation Equipment Chemical Warfare Poison Gas
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
8
Persons Discussed
Hastings Ismay
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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