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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rich Booth

INSANE: Spy letters show secret orders sent ahead of ve day | Vintage Vibes

GCHQ VE Day
  • Newly declassified documents reveal GCHQ's key role in disseminating news of Germany's unconditional surrender on VE Day.
  • A letter from General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, to GCHQ, timestamped 8:30 am on May 7, 1945, instructed Allied forces to “cease all offensive operations”.
  • The documents highlight the excitement among GCHQ staff upon receiving news of the surrender, with annotations revealing their eagerness to share the information.
  • Another document, dated May 4, 1945, shows that GCHQ staff were among the first to know about the impending war's end.
  • GCHQ director Anne Keast-Butler expressed pride in the agency's contribution to ending WWII.

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Never-before-seen spy letters reveal GCHQ role in VE Day before end of war

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