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

8 Sep 1941

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: of a request from the German Air Force (GAF) in Africa pressing for the use of gliders for motor vehicle transport; a report of aircraft fuel and lubricant stocks and consumption rates in Libya; and of the delayed sailing of the tanker Ossag on September 6 due to bad weather.
libya italy shipping transportation fuel crete second world war military intelligence government code and cypher school gliders
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Crete Italy Libya
Document Reference
HW1 /55/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /55
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0055.002
Keywords
Transportation Gliders Fuel Shipping
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
9
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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