Telegram from Minister of State, Mideast [?Richard Casey] to WSC marked "most secret and personal" on the difficulty of the 9th Australian Division returning to Australia. He points out that this will create manpower problems in the Middle East theatre, may lead to the New Zealand government requesting the recall of New Zealand divisions, and that it would be difficult to transport another United Kingdom division to the Middle East; suggests that WSC should ask President [Roosevelt] to send United States forces to Australia; and notes that the 9th Australian Division has lost 2,200 casualties in the preceding 10 days. Typescript.