Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on army requirements, and manpower requirements for ship and tank building and munitions work. [Copy; given running number 239].

Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on army manpower requirements. [Copy; given running number 235a].

Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on changes in Army establishments. [Copy; given running number 231A].

Cabinet memorandum by Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir John Anderson, later 1st Lord Waverley] on man-power in the second half of 1945, including as an appendix a memorandum by the Minister of Labour and National Service [R A Butler].

War Cabinet paper on "Army manpower: the programme of releases to 30 June 1946 and new requirements to 31st December 1945" marked "Top Secret" including a memorandum by the Secretary of State for War [Sir James Grigg], an annex review of army manpower, May 1945, and a postscript dated 10 May.

Draft minute from WSC (10 Downing Street) to Secretary of State for War [Sir James Grigg] requesting proposals are put into effect to reduce manpower in the Middle East. [annotated by WSC; flagged "C"].

Minute from [1st Lord] Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann, Paymaster General] to WSC on the need to reduce the number of troops in the Middle East, comparing the position in October 1944 with June 1945. [signed; annotated by WSC].

Minute from "P J G" [Sir James Grigg], Secretary of State for War, (War Office) to WSC giving figures for British troops in the whole of the Middle East and Near East, and explaining why these seem so high. [initialled].

Minute from WSC to the Foreign Office on making a statement defending [Major-]General [Sir Edward] Spears and commenting on the strength of French and British forces in the Levant, Syria [and the Lebanon]. [Carbon copy].

Minute from "T L R" [Leslie Rowan, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to WSC on proposals by the Secretary of State for War [Sir James Grigg] to reduce manpower in the Middle East and reporting [1st] Lord Cherwell's [earlier F A Lindemann, Paymaster General] thoughts on the matter. [initialled].

War Cabinet memorandum by the Secretary of State for War [Sir James Grigg] marked "Top Secret" on manpower in the Middle East.

Minute from WSC to Secretary of State for War [Sir James Grigg] asking him to proceed with his proposed cuts in Middle East manpower, and suggesting further reductions will be necessary.

Minute from "T L R" [Leslie Rowan, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to WSC advising him on a response to the Secretary of State for War [Sir James Grigg] on troop reductions in the Middle East and drawing attention to a minute by [1st] Lord Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann, Paymaster General] on the matter [CHAR 20/232/55-56]. [initialled; annotated by WSC on 21 March and by Rowan on 23 March].

Minute from [1st Lord] Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann, Paymaster General] responding to the Secretary of State for War's [Sir James Grigg] proposals to reduce personnel in the Middle East and dismissing the concerns of the Chiefs of Staff that such a sizeable force is required to maintain internal security. [signed; annotated by WSC].

Minute from "P J G" [Sir James Grigg], Secretary of State for War, (War Office) to WSC setting out his proposals for reducing personnel in the Middle East, commenting on internal security considerations, administrative implications, implications special to the RAF, and financial considerations. [initialled; flagged "E"].

Appendix "A" [to a minute from Sir James Grigg, Secretary of State for War, to WSC, CHAR 20/232/58-70] giving details of proposed reductions in manpower in the Middle East. [flagged "B"].

Memorandum from the Commander in Chief, Middle East Forces [General Sir Bernard Paget] (General Headquarters, Middle East Forces) marked "Top Secret" on manpower levels in the Middle East Base, prepared on WSC's verbal instructions, with an appendix table setting out the relevant figures.

Supplement dated 17 October to the London Gazette of 10 October reprinting despatches from [6th] Lord Gort, [earlier John Vereker, former] Commander-in-Chief, British Expeditionary Force, dated 25 April and 25 July 1940, with explanatory notes. [later annotations by WSC and his staff].

Printed despatch marked "Secret" entitled "Operations in North-West Europe, 6 June 1944 - 5 May 1945" by Field Marshal [1st] Lord Montgomery of Alamein [then Commander 21st Army Group]. [typescript copy; cover has some minor annotations].

Long "uncorrected" galley proofs of a report by the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force [in Western Europe, United States Army], General Dwight Eisenhower, to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 8 June 1944 to 8 May 1945, dated 13 July 1945. [printed by HMSO; minor annotations by individuals including ?Ronald Fraser of the Cabinet Office and WSC].

Report by the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force [in Western Europe, United States Army], General Dwight Eisenhower, to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 8 June 1944 to 8 May 1945, dated 13 July 1945. [soft-bound, printed by the US Government Printing Office].

Report by the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force [in Western Europe, United States Army], General Dwight Eisenhower, to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 8 June 1944 to 8 May 1945, dated 13 July 1945. In a presentation binding with an annotated dedication to WSC from Eisenhower and a note [by WSC's secretary] indicating that the gift was acknowledged on 23 January 1950.

Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Operations in the Somaliland Protectorate [later Somalia], 1939-40", reprinting a contemporary despatch by General Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief in the Middle East, with a later War Office preface and an appendix consisting of notes by Air Vice Marshal [Ranald] Reid, Air Officer Commanding, British Forces in Aden [later Yemen] (22 August 1940), and Major-General [Alfred] Godwin-Austen. [annotated].

Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Operations in the Middle East from August, 1939, to November, 1940", reprinting a contemporary despatch by General Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief in the Middle East (10 December 1940) covering Egypt, Somaliland [later Somalia], Sudan and Greece, with appendices consisting of Army Council instructions to Wavell (24 July 1939) and information on Allied co-operation. [annotated].