Telegram from the Minister of State in the Middle East [Richard Casey] to WSC marked "personal and most secret" reporting on the battle in the Libyan desert: comments on the Allied withdrawal to new positions; affirms his confidence in General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] and wishes that Auchinleck could be directing the Eighth Army battle in person; comments on the "anxious" situation today and its implications for the two Malta convoys; comments on the attempted bombing of Ploesti [Romania] by the special United States Liberator Squadron which he describes as a "complete failure".