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

17 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 Gauleiter Kaufmann was made responsible for the acquisition of shipping space on November 14; from the German naval liaison officer in Sete, on a visit to the French Admiralty representative, on November 16; on Germany: that railway rolling stock is under strain, and that trucks not essential for Eastern Europe are to be returned, on November 13; on Tunisia: a German report of Platon's return to Vichy from a mission in Tunisia on November 17, with an indication that the French commander in Tunisia, General Barre, had gone over to the Allies; a report of landings of German and Italian troops in Tunis and Bizerta; and that U.S. armoured formations are crossing the Tunisian border from Algeria.
france tunisia germany shipping railways spain second world war liaison military intelligence french navy military organisation government code and cypher school naval intelligence german navy italian navy supply problems
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
France Germany Spain Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /1112/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1112
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1112.002
Keywords
Naval Intelligence German Navy Italian Navy Liaison Military Organisation French Navy Shipping Supply Problems Railways
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
12
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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