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

24 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 North Africa: of Kesselring's orders to destroy the Allies moving towards Tunisia from the Algiers area, on November 23; a German Air Force (GAF) situation report for November 24, including that GAF staff have taken over Gabes, that Italian forces are in Medinane and Foum, and that Allied forces in regimental strength are at Gafsa; on France: that German troops are to continue at a state of readiness until further notice along the west coast, on November 21; from the Spanish ambassador in London, on a lunch with Churchill; on the Spanish mobilisation law; and on a telegram from His Majesty's ambassador in Madrid; and from Madrid to the Spanish ambassador in London, instructions dated November 23 on points that the ambassador should raise when he meets Churchill.
security morocco france tunisia spain great britain england second world war military intelligence coastal defence foreign office government code and cypher school operations planning samuel hoare military strength occupied france spanish neutrality german strategy military situation reports desert war
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
England France Great Britain Morocco Spain Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /1146/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1146
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1146.002
Keywords
Operations Planning German Strategy Desert War Military Situation Reports Military Strength Security Occupied France Coastal Defence Spanish Neutrality
Languages
English
Organizations
Foreign Office Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
16
Persons Discussed
Samuel Hoare
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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