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

1 Nov 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 Kesselring orders that pilots responsible for crashes are to be sent to field battalions in the Soviet Union, on November 1; and on North Africa: a German Air Force (GAF) report for October 31; and that the GAF are to make harassing attacks on the night of November 1-2.
russia second world war personnel military intelligence incompetence government code and cypher school german air force desert war aircraft crash
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Russia
Document Reference
HW1 /1034/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1034
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1034.002
Keywords
Aircraft Crash Incompetence Personnel German Air Force Desert War
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
9
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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