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

26 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 contains a message from C to General Sir Hastings Ismay and the Chiefs of Staff to see a BONIFACE extract: an extract from a Naval Headlines report (see 7237), making reference to gas and chemical warfare on July 20, and read to the Chiefs of Staff on July 27.
chemical warfare nuclear warfare second world war contingency planning military intelligence chiefs of staff weapons technology government code and cypher school hastings ismay japanese army
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /3112/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /3112
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.3112.002
Keywords
Japanese Army Contingency Planning Chemical Warfare
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
5
Persons Discussed
Hastings Ismay
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence Weapons Technology Nuclear Warfare

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