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

12 Mar 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 Western Europe: a Western Front situation report, for March 11; a German sigint report on the Allied crossing of the Rhine, on March 11; that it is impossible to hand over small battle units to SS pursuit units until further notice, from March 11; that swimming saboteurs and explosive motor-boats are to be utilised to combat the Allied Rhine crossings, on March 12; and that A Gauleiter requests Goering that fuel be provided for fighters in defence of Styria, on March 8; on the Russian Front: a situation report from Latvia, for March 9; that Army Group Courland has requested transport for von Vietinghoff at Zossen on March 12 in view of his appointment as Commander in Chief (C-in-C) for the South-west, on March 10; Naval Headlines; from the Portuguese minister in Tokyo, noting Japanese depression, on March 8; and from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin, German press directives, on March 6.
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Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Bulgaria Germany India Italy Latvia Philippines Poland Russia Singapore United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /3593/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /3593
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.3593.002
Keywords
Operations Planning Special Operations Sabotage Crossing Of The Rhine Military Situation Reports Allied Powers Military Operations Western Front Military Organisation Military Shortages German Air Force Fuel Eastern Front Red Army Breakthroughs Military Commanders Naval Intelligence German Navy Warships Naval Bombardment Evacuation Refugees Pacific War Convoys Air Raids Finnish Armed Forces
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
29
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Karl Dönitz Hermann Göring Adolf Hitler
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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