Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] on impending air attack on "Colorado" [codename for Crete][T179]; with reply from Wavell on operation "Scorcher" [codename for British occupation and defence of Crete] [T180].

Telegram from WSC to General William Dobbie [Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Malta] proposing Stephenson to lead coastal air fighting against German shipping.

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.

Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] thanking him for recent report but requesting details of air power, transport and reinforcements required, and reiterating that objective is not capturing targets but destruction of the armed forces of the enemy.

Telegram from Prime Minister of Australia [Robert Menzies] to WSC asking for projected German moves around Turkey and Libya; also on the failure to provide anticipated strength bomber and fighter squadrons.

Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC suggesting Bathurst [Gambia], Freetown [Sierra Leone] and Liberia as delivery points in Africa for planes supplied by the United States; also comments on favourable American reaction to Freezing of German and Italian assets in the United States.

Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC reporting President Roosevelt's proposal for United States air bases at Bathurst [Gambia], Freetown [Sierra Leone] and Liberia, and the necessity of getting fighters to that part of the world to ease anxieties of Free French colonies.

Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt welcoming the proposed ferry service for aircraft from Brazil to West Africa; and commenting on the failure of the latest offensive to recapture the initiative in Western Desert.

Telegram from WSC to Robert Menzies [Prime Minister of Australia] with precise figures of forces, tanks and aircraft involved in Middle East warfare for Australian Advisory War Council, as requested.

Telegram from WSC to Stalin on subjects including: the provision of fighter aircraft, Tomahawks and Hurricanes; Persian [Iranian] resistance has ended enabling development of railway for supplies; Anglo-Soviet resistance to Japan.

Telegram from WSC to Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] complaining about delays in unloading tanks and proceeding with operations; Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid Freeman has corrected the alarmist view of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder [Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East] on enemy air superiority.

Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of New Zealand [Peter Fraser] with comparisons of enemy and allied strength, agreed by Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder [Air Officer Commanding in Chief, Middle East] and Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid Freeman, anticipating large scale offensive.

Telegram from Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder [Air Officer Commanding in Chief, Middle East] to WSC expressing confidence in assisting the army offensive.

Telegram from WSC to the Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] for Commanders-in- Chief Committee Middle East advising against relying on German engagement in the Soviet Union; feels Whipcord [codename for a British plan for the invasion of Sicily] should proceed immediately relying on superiority of Allied air power, to link up with Mediterranean; Germany will be threatened in Europe and provoke resistance by Spain.

Letter from Field Marshal 1st Lord Roberts, (Englemere, Ascot, Berkshire) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] objecting to the proposed transfer of airships from the Royal Flying Corps to the Royal Navy, and the resulting loss of aviation training and experience in peacetime.

Letter from [WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty], to [Field Marshal 1st Lord Roberts] on the proposed transfer of airships from the Royal Flying Corps to the Royal Navy. [Carbon].