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

6 Jan 1943

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: a 5th Panzer Army report for January 4, noting consolidation of the Axis position; a complaint from the Prime Minister (PM) about paraphrasing; and a German Air Force (GAF) in Tunis complaint about an order to escort destroyers on January 6.
second world war military intelligence convoys military shortages government code and cypher school german army italian navy invasion of french north africa operation torch military situation reports fighter escorts
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /1291/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1291
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1291.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports German Army Invasion Of French North Africa Operation Torch Military Shortages Fighter Escorts Convoys Italian Navy
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
9
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence