Telegram from WSC to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] marked "Personal and Private" repeating the text of a statement from Dr Pieter Gerbrandy [Prime Minister of the Netherlands] on the food shortages and other problems in Western Holland and indicating the Netherlands Government's attitude towards military action against the Germans; and WSC's reply stating that he is putting... the matter into Eisenhower's hands.