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

18 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 West Europe: of the 86th Army Corps' front line (after a withdrawal southeast of Caen), on July 18; the 9th SS Panzer Division's day report, for July 17; and that the 14th Panzer Corps is under heavy attack, on July 17; on South-east Europe: that a Commander in Chief (C-in-C) states the necessity for a unified command to combat guerillas, on June 24; Naval Headlines; from the Turkish Legation in Lisbon, passing on the views of a Bulgarian Minister on the war, on July 14; and from the Japanese ambassador in Berlin, forwarding a German Foreign Office briefing on the war, on July 18.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Bulgaria Germany Great Britain Guinea Italy Norway Singapore Soviet Union
Document Reference
HW1 /3087/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /3087
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.3087.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports German Withdrawal Battle Of Normandy Operation Overlord German Deployments Tanks German Army Defence Italian Campaign Military Operations Allied Powers Military Organisation Guerrilla Warfare Anti-nazi Resistance Occupied France Invasion Threat Naval Intelligence Royal Navy Aerial Attacks Aircraft Carriers German U-boats Pacific War Japanese Navy Submarines United States Navy Warships Diplomatic Intelligence Bulgarian Politics Soviet Strategy
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
20
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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