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 correspondence: a large German troop movement from Romania to Krakow on April 3; a report of the size of oil and bomb stocks at Benina on May 3: the implications of this message; and details of an intended operation in Crete.
- Collection ID
- HW1
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Crete Italy Libya Romania
- Document Reference
- HW1 /3/2
- Document Types
- Intelligence Report
- File Reference
- HW1 /3
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.hw1.0003.002
- Keywords
- Troop Movements German Army Transportation Railways Oil Military Supplies Operation Mercury German Airborne Troops Invasion Landing Places Invasion Of Crete
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Government Code and Cypher School
- Pages
- 13
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
