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

6 Jun 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 South Europe: a 2nd Air Fleet situation report, for June 4; of 51st Mountain Corps divisions withdrawing, on June 4; 76th Panzer Corps reports, for June 4; an Army Group von Zangen report on guerilla activities in northern Italy, on June 3; that the Commander in Chief (C-in-C) for the Southwest complains that the failure of divisions to inform anti-aircraft artillery of their withdrawal has resulted in a considerable loss of guns, on June 4; Naval Headlines, covering Japanese troop ships being sunk; from the Japanese ambassador in Venice, forwarding information from Mussolini on Hitler's and Ribbentrop's views on the Japanese-Soviet agreement, on May 1; and observations by the German ambassador on the success of conversations between Hitler and Mussolini, and that the latter appears to have recovered his self-confidence, on May 1.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
China France Germany Guinea Italy Japan Norway Panama Russia
Document Reference
HW1 /2888/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /2888
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2888.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Liberation Of Rome Troop Movements Allied Powers German Army Military Strength German Withdrawal Guerrilla Warfare Anti-nazi Resistance Occupied Italy Information Sharing Incompetence Anti-aircraft Defence Captured Equipment Naval Intelligence German U-boats Military Commanders Battle Of The Atlantic German Navy Naval Bases Evacuation Shipping Losses Pacific War Japanese Navy Predicting Enemy Intentions American Strategy United States Navy Operations Planning Convoys Conferences Axis Powers Fascist Leadership Soviet-japanese Relations
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
26
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Hermann Göring Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Joachim von Ribbentrop Josef Stalin
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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