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

25 Oct 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: that Army Group B seek German Air Force (GAF) support for a limited attack, on October 24; of difficulties in the way of a foraging raid by the Atlantic coast fortresses, on October 24; and of the ration strength at St Nazaire, on October 24; on South-east Europe: that the Admiral in the Adriatic is short of fuel oil, on October 24; Naval Headlines; a press report from Madrid (in German) on the Moscow Conference and the Polish problem, from October 23; from the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a propaganda directive on the Moscow talks, and the spread of communism in Europe, on October 21; from the Spanish minister in Istanbul, describing a struggle between the Allies and the Soviets over the Balkans, on October 17; from the Japanese ambassador in Moscow, on talks between Churchill and Stalin on Poland, on October 19; and on the propaganda exploitation of the naval victory off Formosa, on October 18; and from the Japanese ambassador in Ankara, on Turkish fears of the Soviets being allayed.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Brunei Bulgaria Finland Formosa Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary India Poland Romania Russia Serbia Singapore Soviet Union Turkey Yugoslavia
Document Reference
HW1 /3286/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /3286
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.3286.002
Keywords
Inter-services Cooperation German Army German Air Force Military Operations Looting Food Supplies Occupied France Military Shortages German Navy Naval Intelligence Sabotage Naval Operations German U-boats Battle Of The Atlantic Effects Of Bombing Air Raids Naval Bases Shipping Losses Mines Pacific War Predicting Enemy Intentions Japanese Navy Warships Diplomatic Intelligence Allied Powers Conferences Post-war Planning Polish Government Soviet Foreign Policy Propaganda
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
25
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Adolf Hitler Franklin Delano Roosevelt Josef Stalin
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations Propaganda Censorship Psychological Warfare

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