Telegram from Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC relating the decision by Major-General Alan Cunningham [General Officer Commanding- in-Chief, 8th Imperial Army in Middle East] to continue to blockade Djibouti [French Somaliland] rather than attack as Vichy will not surrender if General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of Free French] and Free French are involved in assault.