Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt]: thanks Roosevelt for his telegram about "Ironclad" [codename for operation against Diego Suarez, Madagascar] and for the use of USS Wasp; comments on the arrival of General Henri Giraud at Vichy [France]; comments on "desperate attacks" on the Tirpitz at Trondheim [Norway] and German retaliation against British towns near the coast; gives details of recent German aircraft losses over Norwich [Norfolk] and York; comments on a telegram from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] regarding the request of General Douglas MacArthur [Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces in South West Pacific] for the temporary diversion of British divisions to Australia and for an aircraft carrier and an additional allocation of shipping; asks if General MacArthur has any authority from the United States for taking such a line and states that Britain is unable to meet these demands.