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

26 Feb 1945

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 G orders the 19th Army, in accordance with the Fuehrer's orders, to make full use of Volkssturm battalions in excellent defensive positions of the upper Rhine, on February 24; on Germany: that the Commander in Chief (C-in-C) of the Navy says that the life of the nation is at stake, and that all must improvise and sink as many Anglo-Saxon ships as possible, on February 25; Naval Headlines; from the Japanese ambassador in Berlin, a gloomy assessment of the planned German offensive in the east, on February 21; on a talk with Ribbentrop, the coming German offensive in the east, and Stalin's victory at the Yalta talks, on February 19; and noting a delay in the German offensive on the east, on February 21; from the Portuguese ambassador in London, describing the House of Commons' unfavourable reception of the Yalta agreement on Poland, on February 22; from the Spanish minister in Tokyo, detailing air raids on Tokyo, on February 21; from the Spanish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, a denial of a rift between London and Madrid, on February 20; and from the Greek chargé in Paris, on de Gaulle's refusal to meet Roosevelt in Algiers, on February 21.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Germany Great Britain India Japan Norway Philippines Poland Russia Singapore Soviet Union United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /3550/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /3550
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.3550.002
Keywords
German Strategy Defence Western Front Home Guard Fortifications German Navy German Morale Naval Warfare Naval Intelligence German U-boats Battle Of The Atlantic Pacific War Air Raids Diplomatic Intelligence German Army Operations Planning Eastern Front Soviet Strategy Conferences Nazi Leadership German-japanese Relations Yalta Conference Politics Anglo-spanish Relations French Government
Languages
English
Organizations
Foreign Office Security Service Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
26
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Francisco Franco Adolf Hitler Desmond Morton Joachim von Ribbentrop Franklin Delano Roosevelt Josef Stalin
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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