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

19 Mar 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 reports on North Africa: that German Air Force (GAF) sigint report the first appearance of Spitfire aircraft in the Western Desert, on March 17; on the GAF's anti-aircraft reinforcement of Martuba on March 19; and a GAF report on fuel and lubricant deliveries from Tunis, on March 18.
libya malta aircraft italy transportation fuel second world war military intelligence royal air force government code and cypher school anti-aircraft defence
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy Libya Malta
Document Reference
HW1 /425/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /425
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0425.002
Keywords
Royal Air Force Aircraft Anti-aircraft Defence Transportation Fuel
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
8
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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