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

16 Oct 1943

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 South-east Europe: of the results of Allied raids on airfields in Greece, Crete and Rhodes on October 10; and of the occupation of further Aegean islands being under consideration, on October 11; with the Prime Minister's (PM's) query; and correspondence between the PM, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) and the HQ of Mediterranean Air Command.
turkey greece aircraft information sharing italy prisoners of war crete second world war bombing military operations military intelligence dwight eisenhower airfields military dispositions effects of bombing government code and cypher school operations planning german army air raids allied strategy military commanders allied powers occupied greece
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Greece Italy Turkey
Document Reference
HW1 /2118/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report Memorandum
File Reference
HW1 /2118
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.2118.002
Keywords
Information Sharing Allied Strategy Bombing Operations Planning Military Commanders German Army Military Operations Occupied Greece Prisoners Of War Military Dispositions Aircraft Allied Powers Effects Of Bombing Air Raids Airfields
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
15
Persons Discussed
Dwight Eisenhower
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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