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

27 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: instructions from the Commander-in-Chief (CinC) of the German Air Force (GAF) operational Staff to the 1st Air Fleet and 8th Air Corps, ordering the 8th Air Corps to transfer to the 2nd Air Fleet on September 28; operational targets set for the 1st Air Fleet; a situation report on the south east Poltava area covering the activities of the 9th Infantry Division and 68th Infantry Division; a report that fuel supplies to North Africa are dependent on the return of emptied containers; and an allegation that Italian ships travelling from Italy to Africa are carrying mainly Italian supplies, and the Germans want 50% of the cargo space.
germany italy shipping fuel second world war military intelligence government code and cypher school german air force troop movements
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Germany Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /94/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /94
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0094.002
Keywords
Troop Movements German Air Force Fuel Shipping
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
11
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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