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

31 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 reports on Southern Europe: of the Commander in Chief (C-in-C) for the South-west's battle plans for May 28 including the area of the boundaries between the 10th and 14th Armies; and on the results of Allied air attacks against Fabriano, Ancona and bridges at Cesano, on May 29, stating that the bridges are expected to be out of action for 4 days; of orders from Berlin, noting the production of giant pneumatic tyres in Germany is seriously impaired, so monthly allocations are now being cut, with restrictions to be imposed on the use of vehicles with such tyres, from May 30; and that prisoners of war are to be employed more productively in future, otherwise ruthless action will be taken, from May 29.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Croatia Finland Germany
Document Reference
HW1 /2867/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2867
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2867.002
Keywords
Military Organisation German Army Effects Of Bombing Aerial Attacks Transportation Italian Campaign German Air Force Factories Equipment Forced Labour Prisoners Of War German War Effort
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
14
Persons Discussed
Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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