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

4 Apr 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: that night fighters are requested to protect Benghazi against increasing RAF raids, on April 4; on the urgent need to replace stocks of Flak ammunition; and that the delivery of replacement aircraft to southern Russia is to be discontinued because of the fuel shortage and unserviceable airfields, on April 3.
poland russia italy ports fuel second world war military intelligence royal air force airfields military shortages government code and cypher school air raids troop movements anti-aircraft defence
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy Poland Russia
Document Reference
HW1 /472/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /472
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0472.002
Keywords
Anti-aircraft Defence Air Raids Ports Royal Air Force Military Shortages Troop Movements Airfields Fuel
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
6
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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