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

27 Mar 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: the 21 Italian Corps reports occupation by strong Allied forces and that battle outposts are to withdraw to the main defence line; and the Chiefs of Staff (COS) of the 1st Italian Army report indications of a successful British attack on the 164th Division, on March 26.
second world war military operations british army military intelligence government code and cypher school invasion of french north africa military situation reports captured settlements allied powers italian withdrawal
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Document Reference
HW1 /1525/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /1525
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.1525.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Invasion Of French North Africa Captured Settlements Allied Powers Italian Withdrawal British Army Military Operations
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School
Pages
8
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence