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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: that Kesselring's chief quartermaster gives express instructions for the protection and exploitation of Bizerta and Tunis harbours which are to be used for supplying Rommel, on November 23; that the Italian colony is to provide 2000 labourers for ports and Jews to be used for labour service; that supplies for the Panzer Army are to be sent on by rail and road to Gabes and Tripoli; a Panzer Army situation report for November 23; a detailed German intelligence report for November 22 with sections covering Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, the convoy situation and French west Africa; on Romania/the Black Sea: that German workmen are to be withdrawn from the construction of Romanian submarines and sent to Galatz to speed up the construction of German submarines U-18 and U-20, on November 22; and of doubts about Romanian loyalty to the Axis cause and considerations that Romanian submarines will not aid German operations in the Black Sea area.
morocco algeria gibraltar tunisia colonies ports second world war defence allies french armed forces military intelligence military supplies military dispositions government code and cypher school german intelligence services vichy regime french west africa german army military strength erwin rommel invasion of french north africa german strategy operation torch military situation reports desert war military commanders treachery romanian foreign policy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Algeria French West Africa Gibraltar Morocco Tunisia
Document Reference
HW1 /1147/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1147
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1147.002
Keywords
Military Commanders German Strategy Defence Ports Desert War Military Supplies German Army Military Situation Reports Military Strength Military Dispositions German Intelligence Services Colonies Vichy Regime French Armed Forces Invasion Of French North Africa Operation Torch Allies Treachery Romanian Foreign Policy
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
16
Persons Discussed
Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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