Minutes and memoranda on subjects including: the Navy's need for Oceanic Air Bases; a scheme to capture the island of "Workshop" [Pantelleria, Italy]; saving a damaged ship; Operation Acrobat [a proposed attack on Tripoli [Libya]; the importance of Malta following heavy losses in North Africa; lessons from the loss of HMS Ark Royal; future strategy; the position in the Middle East; naval implications of moving fighter aircraft to the Middle East; enemy supplies to North Africa; aircraft numbers in Malta; blocking the Suez Canal; the situation in Iraq and Syria; German activities in Spain; a suggested attack on Benghazi; defence of trade; destroyers at Malta; the capture of Atlantic islands "Puma" [the Canary Islands] and "Thruster"; Davis's tribute to the ship's company of HMS Hood [see also WDVS 3]; Operation Pilgrim [invasion of the Canary Islands]; escorts for convoys in the Indian Ocean and to Malaya [later Malaysia] and Singapore.