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

20 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 contains a message from C to the Director of Military Intelligence (DMI): on a North Africa German Air Force (GAF) report for April 13 on British tank losses with a query from the Prime Minister (PM); and a GAF report of a British raid with losses on April 13; the DMI's report on losses on April 16; the PM's comment to the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS); and regarding the DMI's report on losses on April 16 and the PM's comment to the CIGS, the CIGS's minute to the PM.
libya italy second world war casualties british army military intelligence tanks government code and cypher school commando raids german air force desert war aerial attacks
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy Libya
Document Reference
HW1 /511/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /511
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0511.002
Keywords
Casualties British Army Desert War Tanks Commando Raids Aerial Attacks German Air Force
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
9
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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