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

28 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 includes the following reports on North Africa: of German Army fuel stocks at Benghazi, on November 25; on North Africa: a German Air Force (GAF) reconnaissance report on the RAF, on November 27; on North Africa: Italian Air Force fighters and bombers are to move to Africa in late November; GAF bombers are to be withdrawn to Greece, from November 28; German ammunition is to be sent to Derna by air, from November 25; Derna aerodrome is closed to all except GAF transports, from November 28; on North Africa: the GAF request aerodrome serviceability reports for FW200 aircraft, on November 28; that the GAF in South-east Europe and North Africa are to use dispersal and camouflage to counter enemy air attacks, on November 28; on the Mediterranean: of proposed German and Italian shipping movements, on November 28; and on North Africa: on the German Army's fuel situation, on November 25.
security libya greece italy shipping fuel sicily second world war military intelligence royal air force military supplies airfields aerial reconnaissance government code and cypher school camouflage air raid precautions german army assessing enemy strength troop movements desert war italian air force
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Greece Italy Libya Sicily
Document Reference
HW1 /273/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /273
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0273.002
Keywords
Desert War German Army Fuel Assessing Enemy Strength Aerial Reconnaissance Royal Air Force Airfields Italian Air Force Troop Movements Camouflage Air Raid Precautions Military Supplies Security Shipping
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
27
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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