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

29 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 First Sea Lord (ISL): on the Mediterranean, that the Italian Navy is to provide a strong escort for fuel supplies for the German Air Force (GAF) in North Africa, with the GAF to recce and support; this file also includes a comment by the Prime Minister (PM).
italy transportation fuel second world war military intelligence government code and cypher school italian navy desert war
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /275/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report Memorandum
File Reference
HW1 /275
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0275.002
Keywords
Transportation Italian Navy Fuel Desert War
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
4
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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