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

9 Jan 1942

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 a BONIFACE report on North Africa: that the 10th Air Corps was urgently requested to carry out reconnaissance of the British vanguard and the Fliegerfuehrer Africa had no suitable aircraft for the task as of January 7; and a report of leave being allowed for ground staff and to air crews of transport units in Tripoli on January 8.
france greece germany aircraft italy transportation roads second world war personnel military operations british army military intelligence tanks aerial reconnaissance government code and cypher school intelligence requirements german army german air force hastings ismay troop movements reconnaissance aircraft
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
France Germany Greece Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /346/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /346
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0346.002
Keywords
Personnel Transportation Troop Movements Tanks Intelligence Requirements Aerial Reconnaissance Roads German Army German Air Force British Army Military Operations Reconnaissance Aircraft Aircraft
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
6
Persons Discussed
Hastings Ismay
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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