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

11 Apr 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: that the German Air Force (GAF) at Tunis is to prospect sites for the construction of airfields for transport aircraft; on the Mediterranean: that tugs and escorts are to transfer the Italian cruiser Gorizia from Maddalena to Spezia, on April 11; and that the crews of the Italian cruisers Trieste and Gorizia are to be crews for French cruisers, from April 11.
warships second world war military intelligence royal air force airfields effects of bombing government code and cypher school italian navy invasion of french north africa german air force aerial attacks on ships
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /1594/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1594
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1594.002
Keywords
German Air Force Airfields Invasion Of French North Africa Royal Air Force Aerial Attacks On Ships Italian Navy Warships Effects Of Bombing
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
8
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence

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