Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt]: comments on the pressure and personal stress he is under; comments on the health of "Max" [1st Lord Beaverbrook, earlier Max Aitken]; states that "Democracy has to prove that it can provide a granite foundation for war against tyranny"; comments on Roosevelt's forthcoming radio broadcast regarding the flight of the German ships [the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen] from Brest [France].

Letter from WSC to Tom Williams [Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry for Agriculture and Fisheries] urging him to take a break for three months on account of his continued ill health Signed.

Letter from WSC to Sir Richard Hopkins [Permanent Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Treasury Department] urging him to accept the advice of the doctor and to take three days rest Signed.

Letter from WSC to Sir Dudley Pound Admiral of the Fleet stating that he is sorry about his decision to resign his position due to ill health and praising him on his contribution and qualities Signed.

Letter from WSC to Sir Stafford Cripps [Minister of Aircraft Production] to urge him to take a week's holiday due to illhealth Signed.

Letter from WSC to [1st] Lord Horder [earlier Thomas Jeeves] thanking him for informing him about the health of Richard Casey [Minister of State in the Middle East] and agreeing that he should be encouraged to take a break Signed.

Letter from Sir Alexander Cadogan (11 Arlington House, Arlington Street, London) [Permanent Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office] to WSC thanking him for his letter regarding his ill-health and informing him that he hopes to be active in a couple of days and stating that he was delighted to hear that WSC had made such a good recovery, despite not taking any time off from work Signature in typescript. Copy.

Letter from Leslie Rowan [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] informing him that Richard Casey [Minister of State for the Middle East] is unwell and that he hopes he will excuse him from attending cabinet. He is not expected to be away for very long Initialled. Annotated, WSC asks if he has a good doctor and Rowan replies that he has.

Letter from John Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] to WSC informing him that Sir Stafford Cripps [Minister of Aircraft Production] is unwell again today and will not be able to attend cabinet and that he has learnt from his private office that he is run down and should be encouraged to take a holiday Initialled.

Letter from WSC to Sir Stafford Cripps [Minister of Aircraft Production] advising him to take a week's holiday on account of his recent ill-health Signed.

Letter from Sir Stafford Cripps (Ministry of Aircraft Production, Millbank, London) [Minister of Aircraft Production] to WSC informing him that he is following his doctor's advice and taking two weeks' holiday as the doctor had said "a fortnight at once or two months later on!!" and was confident that the department would cope in his absence Signed manuscript.

Note from John Martin [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to WSC informing him that Sir Richard Hopkins [Permanent Secretary of the Treasury and Head of the Civil Service] has been ordered by the doctor to take 3 weeks' rest and that Sir Alan Barlow [Joint Second Secretary, Treasury] will be taking over his position whilst he is away and enclosing a draft letter to Hopkins [see CHAR 20/96B/150] for him to consider Initialled.

Letter from "Crinks" [Harcourt Johnstone] to WSC expressing concern that Brendan Bracken [Minister of Information] is working too hard and should be made to take a rest.

Letter from WSC to Harcourt Johnstone thanking him for his letter and advising him that Brendan Bracken [Minister of Information] is awaiting medical advice from Sir Charles Wilson [President, Royal College of Physicians, later 1st Lord Moran].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, reporting that he had ordered Sir Arthur May, Director-General of the Medical Depatrment to send the best specialist in London to the Caledonian Hotel, Inverness, to see Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, who had been maltreated for Piles and had an abcess, and was suffering from pain and fatigue.

Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC assuring him that rumours of ill-health about President Roosevelt and Harry Hopkins [Personal Assistant and Aide to President of the United States] are greatly exaggerated.