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 German Air Force (GAF) intelligence report from a particularly reliable source on U.S. complaints about RAF technical deficiencies in Egypt, on May 29, with a query from the Prime Minister (PM) to the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS); CAS's reply as the PM calls for a report; a signal from the Middle East suggests that German intelligence was obtained in Washington or from the breaking of a U.S. cypher message; CAS explains to the PM that the evidence is clear that U.S. cyphers are being read and that action has been taken, and that the allegations against the RAF were found to be false.
- Collection ID
- HW1
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Egypt Italy
- Document Reference
- HW1 /641/2
- Document Types
- Intelligence Report Memorandum
- File Reference
- HW1 /641
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.hw1.0641.002
- Keywords
- Communications Interception Diplomatic Officials Attachés United States Army Desert War Codes Leakage Of Information Security Mechanical Problems Aircraft Anglo-american Relations Information Sharing
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Government Code and Cypher School
- Pages
- 8
- Persons Discussed
- Erwin Rommel
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Signals Intelligence Code-breaking
