Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC advising that the training of pilots as arranged by General Henry Arnold [Chief of the United States Army Air Forces] can begin, and referring to supply of 6 additional small aircraft carriers.

Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt thanking him for his message about General Henry Arnold's [Chief of the United States Army Air Forces] pilot training programme and the provision of small aircraft carriers.

Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in- Chief, Middle East] to WSC regarding importance of advancing in Western desert to protect Tobruk [Libya] from bombing.

Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC outlining proposal for United States military to assume responsibility for ferrying combat aircraft for Britain from production plant to delivery point for collection by RAF.

Telegram from WSC to Robert Menzies [Prime Minister of Australia] reassuring him that Operation Jaguar will give Allied air superiority in Western desert.

Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt accepting reorganisation of aircraft delivery [see CHAR 20/39/52 for proposal]; and commenting on reasons for withdrawal from Crete [Greece].

Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] reciting telegram correspondence between himself and President Roosevelt and requesting co-operation with Roosevelt's proposal that United States aircraft for the RAF should be delivered via Canada.

Telegram from Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] to WSC pledging Canadian commitment to Roosevelt's delivery of United States combat aircraft.

Telegram from Robert Menzies [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC reiterating desire of Advisory War Council for increased air support [for Cyprus] or immediate withdrawal.

Letter from Sefton Brancker (Royal Flying Corps, General Headquarters, near Gaza, Egypt) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] including: a request for gramophone records; successful operations against the Turks; the impressive leadership of [Field-Marshal Sir Edmund] Allenby; his hopes to reach Jerusalem [Palestine]; the success of the Royal Flying Corps; the barrenness of the countryside; observations on the Zionists and a request for news of WSC. Envelope present.

Cabinet memorandum by Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir John Anderson, later 1st Lord Waverley] on man-power in the second half of 1945, including as an appendix a memorandum by the Minister of Labour and National Service [R A Butler].

War Cabinet memorandum by the Secretary of State for Air [Sir Archibald Sinclair, later 1st Lord Thurso] marked "Top Secret" on RAF manpower requirements for June to December 1945.

Minute from "P J G" [Sir James Grigg], Secretary of State for War, (War Office) to WSC setting out his proposals for reducing personnel in the Middle East, commenting on internal security considerations, administrative implications, implications special to the RAF, and financial considerations. [initialled; flagged "E"].

Appendix "A" [to a minute from Sir James Grigg, Secretary of State for War, to WSC, CHAR 20/232/58-70] giving details of proposed reductions in manpower in the Middle East. [flagged "B"].

Memorandum from the Commander in Chief, Middle East Forces [General Sir Bernard Paget] (General Headquarters, Middle East Forces) marked "Top Secret" on manpower levels in the Middle East Base, prepared on WSC's verbal instructions, with an appendix table setting out the relevant figures.

Printed despatch marked "Secret" entitled "Operations in North-West Europe, 6 June 1944 - 5 May 1945" by Field Marshal [1st] Lord Montgomery of Alamein [then Commander 21st Army Group]. [typescript copy; cover has some minor annotations].

Galley proofs reprinting a despatch by Air Chief Marshal [1st] Lord Dowding [then Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command] dated 20 August 1941 on the course of the Battle of Britain incorporating various appendices, with later Air Ministry foreword and footnotes.

Galley proofs reprinting a despatch by Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory, [then] Air Commander-in-Chief, Allied Expeditionary Air Force, dated November 1944, entitled "Air Operations by the Allied Expeditionary Air Force in [North-West] Europe from November 15, 1943 to September 30, 1944" giving details of the AEEF's structure and the planning and carrying out of operations before, including, and after D Day. [annotated by WSC's office].

Galley proofs reprinting a despatch by Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas, [then] Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Coastal Command, RAF, dated 1 November 1944, entitled "Liberation of Europe (Operation 'Overlord'): operations of Coastal Command, Royal Air Force, from May to August 1944".