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

3 Jul 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 the Commander-in-Chief (CinC) of the German Air Force (GAF) is keen to secure the wireless telegraphy station at El Qurein, south west of Alexandria on July 3; and that more fighter protection was called for by the Panzer Army on July 3.
egypt second world war military intelligence wireless communications government code and cypher school german army german air force desert war fighter escorts
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Egypt
Document Reference
HW1 /694/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /694
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0694.002
Keywords
German Air Force Desert War Wireless Communications Fighter Escorts German Army
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
6
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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