On 12 July 1945 Dwight D Eisenhower sent a letter to Sir Stewart Menzies, wartime chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, stating that the intelligence from Bletchley Park had been “of priceless value to me”, had “saved countless British and American lives” and had “contributed to the speed with which the enemy was routed and eventually forced to surrender.”

The letter hung in the office of the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service during the tenure of Sir John Scarlett, and in honour of the letter's new home at Bletchley Park, Sir John Scarlett spoke about Eisenhower's letter and its importance to the story of Bletchley Park and its wartime role in breaking the Enigma code.

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