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

8 Jul 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: that the 76th Corps holds its defence line with considerable casualties, on July 7; a 14th Panzer Corps report, for July 6; and more details of air raid damage caused at Toulon, on July 6; on South-east Europe: on the proposed allocation of 15 2-man submarines to the Adriatic and the Aegean, with their operational possibilities dependent on the fighting spirit of their Italian crews, on July 5; and that Hitler orders the reinforcement of Crete, on June 15; from the Saudi Arabian minister in London, that flying bombs make London unbearable to live there, on July 5; the Japanese Foreign Minister queries the source of the consul-general in Vienna's information on German fighter aircraft production and is reassured as to the reliability of the sources (with a comment to the Prime Minister [PM] by C); from the French delegate in Stockholm to DiploFrance in Algiers, describing German pessimism, on July 5; from the French delegate in Ankara to DiploFrance in Algiers, that Turkey informs the Allies that she is ready to sever relations with Germany, but that she has not the means to protect herself, on July 5; and from the Spanish ambassador in London, on Soviet advances, the fall of Siena, and 300 flying bombs falling a day, on July 4.
germany aircraft information sharing international relations ports submarines crete second world war missiles casualties military intelligence adolf hitler security service intelligence gathering turkish foreign policy military dispositions weapons production edward bridges effects of bombing government code and cypher school secret weapons german war effort italian navy air raids military situation reports diplomatic intelligence troop movements german-japanese relations italian campaign
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Germany
Document Reference
HW1 /3044/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /3044
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.3044.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Italian Campaign Casualties Effects Of Bombing Air Raids Ports Military Dispositions Submarines Italian Navy Troop Movements Diplomatic Intelligence Secret Weapons Missiles German-japanese Relations Information Sharing Intelligence Gathering Weapons Production Aircraft German War Effort Turkish Foreign Policy
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
21
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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