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

21 Jun 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: from BONIFACE (C to Bdr Hollis for the Prime Minister [PM]); Naval Headlines, covering Italian activity; on North Africa: a German Air Force (GAF) situation appreciation for June 19; that the 15 Panzer Division is approaching Tobruk harbour, on June 20; and a GAF operational report for June 20; 1102/T22, 1101/T1, and 1104/T19 were extracted for the PM, see 9866.
south africa kenya libya gibraltar italy shipping warships second world war bombing military intelligence aerial reconnaissance government code and cypher school german u-boats naval intelligence italian navy erwin rommel german air force military situation reports desert war siege of tobruk
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Gibraltar Italy Kenya Libya South Africa
Document Reference
HW1 /660/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /660
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0660.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports German Air Force Desert War Bombing Naval Intelligence Italian Navy Warships Shipping German U-boats Aerial Reconnaissance Siege Of Tobruk
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
12
Persons Discussed
Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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