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

13 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 includes the following reports on North Africa: of orders to prevent losses of aircraft on the ground due to air raids on October 10; of details of the supplies and reinforcements required by German forces in Africa on October 8; on forward movements of Allied reinforcements; of estimates of the Allied aircraft shot down; and the Prime Minister's (PM) instruction to C on the release of information to Middle East forces, on October 12.
air warfare information sharing italy second world war casualties british army military intelligence royal air force aerial reconnaissance military shortages government code and cypher school german army german air force air raids troop movements desert war supply problems
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Italy
Document Reference
HW1 /965/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report Memorandum
File Reference
HW1 /965
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0965.002
Keywords
Royal Air Force Casualties Air Warfare Information Sharing German Air Force Air Raids Military Shortages Supply Problems German Army Desert War Aerial Reconnaissance British Army Troop Movements
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
17
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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