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

7 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 Kesselring declared on April 5 that fuel supplies in Africa were satisfactory, and therefore it is no longer necessary to provide supplies by air, and his intention to visit Africa; that flak units were requested from Tripoli to cope with the increasingly serious air situation in Derna, on April 4; and a Naval Headlines report on Italian convoys making for Tripoli and Benghazi.
air warfare italy warships fuel second world war military intelligence convoys government code and cypher school naval intelligence desert war
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /480/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /480
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0480.002
Keywords
Fuel Desert War Air Warfare Naval Intelligence Warships Convoys
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
8
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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