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

20 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 correspondence: a note that 1450 has been kept by Ismay; this file also includes the following reports on North Africa: that the chief quartermaster of the Panzer Army requests the supply of fuel by air on November 20; a German Air Force (GAF) report from Tripoli, noting the strained supply situation, on November 19; and the German Naval Command at Tunis reports the sighting of a strong British tank column, on November 19.
aircraft transportation fuel second world war british army military intelligence tanks military organisation government code and cypher school german army troop movements supply problems comando supremo
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /1126/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1126
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1126.002
Keywords
Transportation Aircraft Fuel Military Organisation German Army Supply Problems British Army Troop Movements Tanks
Languages
English
Organizations
Comando Supremo Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
13
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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