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 a message to the Prime Minister (PM) from C and the following reports: Naval Headlines, covering a German convoy being attacked by Allied motor torpedo boats off Terschelling, on October 1; the Turkish ambassador in Vichy reports the despatch of anti-tank ammunition to Dakar, on October 1; and on North Africa: a Panzer Army day report for September 30, stating that combined German-Italian forces supported by the German Air Force (GAF) repulsed a strong Allied attack on a position east of Deir El Munassib, and giving strength returns for German and Italian tanks.
- Collection ID
- HW1
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Egypt Italy Sicily
- Document Reference
- HW1 /948/2
- Document Types
- Intelligence Report
- File Reference
- HW1 /948
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.hw1.0948.002
- Keywords
- Naval Intelligence Royal Navy Torpedo Boats Shipping Losses Convoys German U-boats Italian Navy Diplomatic Intelligence Military Supplies Vichy Regime Military Strength German Army Italian Army Tanks
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
- Pages
- 8
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
