Telegram from General Sir Harold Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] to WSC marked "Top Secret and Personal" reporting that has not received any confirmation from General Heinrich von Vietinghoff Gennant Scheel [Commander in Chief of the German Army in Italy] of the agreement [to surrender German forces in Italy]; and that he will decide on 2 May whether or not to make the announcement of the surrender. Carbon copy.