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

10 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: a report that the German 10th Air Corps refused to supply the Italian Army General Headquarters (GHQ) with strength, distribution and states of readiness returns for 'security reasons'; and a report that the German 55th Lorried infantry regiment has been moved to Africa, possibly Benghazi. This file also contains a Naval Headlines report stating that an Italian convoy sailed from Tripoli for Naples on September 5.
security malta italy shipping transportation second world war military intelligence government code and cypher school german army military strength german-italian relations troop movements aerial attacks on ships
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy Malta
Document Reference
HW1 /59/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /59
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0059.002
Keywords
Security Military Strength Transportation Shipping Aerial Attacks On Ships Troop Movements German Army German-italian Relations
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
7
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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