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

5 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 contains a message from C to the Prime Minister (PM); and the following reports on North Africa: that German Air Force (GAF) operational orders for November 4 include convoy escort duties; that aircraft of the 2nd Air Corps attached to the 10th Air Corps are to revert on receipt of the cover word GIBRALTAR; and tankers have been directed to Benghazi because of losses at Tobruk, on November 2.
gibraltar ports sicily second world war military intelligence government code and cypher school code words german air force troop movements desert war
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Gibraltar Sicily
Document Reference
HW1 /1048/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1048
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1048.002
Keywords
Code Words Troop Movements German Air Force Ports Desert War
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
6
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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