Scope and Contents Minute from WSC to Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir John Anderson, later 1st Lord Waverley], Minister of Labour [Ernest Bevin], Minister of Production [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos], Secretary of State for War [Sir James Grigg], and General [Sir Hastings] Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence] for the Chiefs of Staff Committee, asking the Secretary of State for War to put forward proposals to reduce manpower in the Middle East, setting out the existing position, and...

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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.

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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].

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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.

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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].

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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".

Scope and Contents Letter from Captain A C Beer, Private Secretary to General Sir Hastings Ismay [Additional Secretary (Military) of the Cabinet] (Offices of the Cabinet and Minister of Defence, Great George Street) to Elizabeth Gilliatt [WSC's secretary] stating that Ismay has asked him to assure WSC that there is nothing in an attached despatch [?by Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory, see CHAR 20/245/37-100] which might cause him trouble and that there is no mention of the "dispute about not...

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Typescript copy of a report by Air Chief Marshal Sir Roderic Hill, former Air Marshal Commanding, Air Defence of Great Britain, RAF, entitled "Air Operations by Air Defence of Great Britain and Fighter Command in connection with the German Flying Bomb and Rocket Offensives, 1944-1945". [annotated].

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Brief report from "Young" ("C I Desk" and "P I Secretary") to "C of S" [Chief of Staff, ?Northwest African Strategic Air Force] on an attack by 301 Bomb Group on installations at Foggia [Italy] ?aerodrome on 31 May 1943. [Carbon].

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Series of black and white bomb strike photographs from an attack [by 301 Bomb Group] on installations at Foggia, Italy; some with details highlighted in coloured pencil.

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Brief report from "Young" ("C I Desk" and "P I Secretary") to "C of S" ?[Chief of Staff, Northwest African Strategic Air Force] on an attack by 310 Bomb Group on Pantellieria [Italy] gun emplacements on 31 May 1943. [Carbon].

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Series of black and white bomb strike photographs from an attack [by 310 Bomb Group] on Pantellieria [Italy] gun emplacements; some with details highlighted in coloured pencil.

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Brief report from "Young" ("C I Desk" and "P I Secretary") to "C of S" ?[Chief of Staff, Northwest African Strategic Air Force] on an attack by 97th Bomb Group on the Northeast side of Foggia [Italy] ?aerodrome on 31 May 1943. [Carbon].

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Brief report from "Young" ("C I Desk" and "P I Secretary") to "C of S" ?[Chief of Staff, Northwest African Strategic Air Force] on an attack by 99th Bomb Group on the Southwest side of Foggia [Italy] ?aerodrome on 31 May 1943. [Carbon].

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Brief report from "Young" ("C I Desk" and "P I Secretary") to "C of S" ?[Chief of Staff, Northwest African Strategic Air Force] on an attack by 2 Bomb Group on Foggia [Italy] rail road facilities on 31 May 1943. [Carbon].

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Operations report on an attack by 301st Bombardment Group on Cagliari Harbour, Sardinia [Italy]. [Carbon].

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Series of black and white bomb strike photographs [from an attack by 301st Bombardment Group on Cagliari Harbour, Sardinia, Italy].

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Operations report on an attack by 301st Bombardment Group on Ferryville, Tunisia. [Carbon].

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Series of black and white bomb strike photographs [from an attack by 301st Bombardment Group on Ferryville, Tunisia].

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Operations report on an attack by 97th Bombardment Group on Naples, Italy. [Carbon].

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Series of black and white bomb strike photographs [from an attack by 97th Bombardment Group on Naples, Italy].

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Operations report on an attack by 301st Bombardment Group on Castelvetrano Airdrome, Sicily [Italy]. [Carbon].

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Series of black and white bomb strike photographs [from an attack by 301st Bombardment Group on Castelvetrano Airdrome, Sicily, Italy].

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Operations report on an attack by 99th Bombardment Group on Milo Airdrome, Sicily [Italy]. [Carbon].

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Series of black and white bomb strike photographs from an attack [by 99th Bombardment Group] on Milo Airdrome, Sicily [Italy].