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

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 Western Europe: of Liesel being captured by the 15th Panzer Grenadier Division on October 29; that in Flanders the existing main defence line has collapsed; that Naval Artillery Abteilung 203 is to form a unified strongpoint, with the remaining elements of the division withdrawing over the Uitwatering Kanal; that 15cm ammunition is in short supply; and that an attack is expected during the night, so artillery support is requested; that Walcheren is coming under Allied artillery fire and fighter bomber attacks from the south Scheldt area; and of the Rhine suspension bridge near Cologne-Muehlheim being completely destroyed, with a smoke screen being requested to cover work to clear the channel; on Italy: the 356th Infantry Division report Allied reinforcements in Predappio and in the direction of Meldola; on South-east Europe: that the hospital ship Gradisca left Salonika at 06:00 hours on October 28 bound for Kos and Suda; on Germany: of a 3rd Fighter Division prohibition on the withdrawal of personnel subordinate to the Air Fleet Reich for the Volkssturm or similar functions by the Party or other authorities; Naval Headlines, covering that the U-boats of the Panther Group are to form a patrol line across the Kola Inlet to intercept a PQ Convoy, on October 28; that materials for a sabotage operation against Nijmegen are ready in Utrecht and awaiting favourable weather conditions; that Flushing-Cadz and supply convoys have finished, with the army withdrawing westwards, and that Flushing harbour is to remain open until a mine field has been laid in Honte, east of Flushing; operations using explosive motor boats; that the Japanese sighted an Allied force of warships and transports off the Talaud Islands, between Halmahera and Mindanao, on October 27; and that the Japanese Diversion Attack Force is to be off north west Palawan, on October 27. This file also includes German Foreign Ministry Press directives covering incidents on the Franco-Spanish border, the Soviet march into Northern Norway and the British attitude to the formation of the German Volkssturm, on October 27.