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

1 Oct 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), with a report from North Africa: a German Air Force (GAF) report for September 30, that British ground forces were repulsed with prisoners being taken; a query from the Prime Minister (PM); and the DMI's reply.
second world war british army intelligence organization stewart menzies intelligence distribution government code and cypher school francis davidson military situation reports desert war patrols
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /943/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report Memorandum
File Reference
HW1 /943
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0943.002
Keywords
Intelligence Distribution Military Situation Reports Desert War Patrols British Army
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
7
Persons Discussed
Francis Davidson Stewart Menzies
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Intelligence Organization