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

23 Nov 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 contains a message from C to the Director of Naval Intelligence (DNI) describing the Prime Minister's (PM's) comments on 2 reports: that in North Africa 2 ships sailed to Benghazi on November 23 with German Air Force (GAF) aviation fuel; and that General Osterkamp has taken command in the endangered sector on November 22.
italy shipping transportation fuel second world war military intelligence military organisation government code and cypher school german army erwin rommel desert war military commanders
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /249/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report Memorandum
File Reference
HW1 /249
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0249.002
Keywords
German Army Desert War Military Organisation Military Commanders Fuel Transportation Shipping
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
5
Persons Discussed
Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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