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

22 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 the Mediterranean: that the Air Officer Commanding (AOC) in Chief South is forming a new fighter bomber unit, on October 21; on North Africa: a German Air Force (GAF) evening report for October 21, noting GAF and RAF attacks, and that the Italian Air Force is short of fuel; and the Panzer Army reports a grave fuel shortage and requests the immediate sailing of a tanker, on October 19.
fuel second world war military intelligence military organisation aerial reconnaissance government code and cypher school german air force military situation reports desert war supply problems
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /999/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /999
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.0999.002
Keywords
Military Organisation German Air Force Military Situation Reports Desert War Aerial Reconnaissance Supply Problems Fuel
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
14
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence