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

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

30 Aug 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 report on North Africa: that German Air Force (GAF) and Italian Air Force (IAF) fighters are to fly standing patrols to stop an Allied recce of their ground forces' positions, on August 29.
second world war military intelligence royal air force aerial reconnaissance government code and cypher school german air force desert war italian air force fighter escorts
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /848/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /848
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0848.002
Keywords
Desert War Fighter Escorts German Air Force Italian Air Force Royal Air Force Aerial Reconnaissance
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
3
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence