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

29 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 the following messages: an Italian Air Force report on operations and intentions in North Africa, on January 27; with the Prime Minister's (PM's) query; and the reply of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS). This file does not include a summary of naval messages 100652 and 100670.
libya strategy air warfare aircraft armaments italy second world war military operations military intelligence military supplies battles airfields aerial reconnaissance government code and cypher school axis strategy predicting enemy intentions geographic intelligence italian navy erwin rommel italian army german air force military situation reports italian air force reconnaissance aircraft
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy Libya
Document Reference
HW1 /377/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /377
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0377.002
Keywords
Armaments Military Supplies German Air Force Military Operations Military Situation Reports Predicting Enemy Intentions Geographic Intelligence Axis Strategy Italian Navy Italian Army Battles Aircraft Italian Air Force Reconnaissance Aircraft Aerial Reconnaissance Strategy Airfields Air Warfare
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
7
Persons Discussed
Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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