Telegram from the Minister of State in the Middle East [Richard Casey] to WSC, reporting on the views of the Commanders-in-Chief, General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East], Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder [Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, RAF, Middle East] and Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Pridham-Wippell [Second in Command, Mediterranean Fleet], particularly Auchinleck, with regard to the need for a postponement of projected land operations in Cyrenaica [Libya].