Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Australia [Arthur Fadden] on proposal by Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] not to evacuate Australian troops from Tobruk [Libya].

Telegram from Prime Minister of Australia, Arthur Fadden, to WSC detailing reasons for evacuating Australian garrison from Tobruk [Libya].

Telegram from Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC advising that Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] wishes to resign over lack of confidence shown in his advice not to evacuate Australians from Tobruk [Libya]; Lyttelton recommends removing Major-General Sir Thomas Blamey [General Officer Commanding 1st Australian Corps].

Telegram from WSC to Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] emphasising support for Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East], but need for unity with Australia overrides damage of evacuating Australian garrison from Tobruk [Libya].

Telegram from WSC to Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] assuring him that his military views are endorsed by Chiefs of Staff, Cabinet and WSC, but dispute with Australian government must be avoided.

Telegram from WSC to Arthur Fadden [Prime Minister of Australia] on Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander- in-Chief]'s request to resign [denied]; explains that burden on Australian troops is no greater than on rest of Empire.

Telegram from the Prime Minister of Australia, John Curtin, to WSC on modifications to the Empire Air Training Scheme; asks about strength of force in South Western Pacific.

Telegram from the Prime Minister of Australia, John Curtin, to WSC rejecting the decision by the Chiefs of Staff to have separate Indian and Pacific fleets to face the superior Japanese fleet.

Telegram from WSC to the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] on subjects including: defining the command area of General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, India and Supreme Commander, South West Pacific] as not including Australia or New Zealand, or their communications with the United States; the responsibilities of the United States Navy; the spread of resources between the Middle East and Malaya [later Malaysia].

Telegram from the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] to WSC rejecting the definition by the Chiefs of Staff of the Australian area as Australia, New Guinea [parts of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea], Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, New Hebrides [Vanuatu] and Fiji, and the view that this area should be excluded from the protection of the United States fleet; favours the Pacific area instead.

Telegram from the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] to the Dominions Office outlining requirements for Australian representation on councils formulating Pacific strategy.

Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Sir John Dill [Head of British Joint Staff Mission, Washington, United States] welcoming the Australian offer of holding two Brigade groups at Ceylon [later Sri Lanka], and the possibility of the Australian 9th Division remaining in the Middle East whilst the United States reinforces Australia.

Telegram from WSC to General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East: comments on the plan to deploy United States troops in Australia and New Zealand thereby allowing Australian and New Zealand divisions to remain in the Middle East; comments on plans to deploy five British divisions in the period March to July using British and American shipping.

Telegram from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC informing him of a visit to the United States and Britain by Herbert Evatt, Australian Minister for External Affairs and Attorney-General and asking that he be accepted as Australia's accredited representative in the War Cabinet and on the Pacific War Council.

Telegram from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC asking that Richard Casey [Australian Minister to the United States] be allowed to remain in Washington until after the visit of Herbert Evatt [Australian Minister for External Affairs and Attorney-General] to the United States.

Telegram from WSC to John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] confirming that Richard Casey [Australian Minister to the United States] can remain in Washington to discuss everything with Herbert Evatt [Australian Minister for External Affairs and Attorney-General], and asking for reply to telegram 311 [see CHAR 20/71B/125-126].

Telegram from WSC to the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] regarding allocation of equipment and aircraft produced by the United States.

Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Supreme Commander, South West Pacific] to WSC regarding use of the Australian Corps in the defence of Java [Dutch East Indies, later Indonesia]: reports conversation with the Governor-General [of Australia, 1st Lord Gowrie, earlier Alexander Hore-Ruthven] regarding the likely view of the Australian Government.

Telegram from WSC to the Government of Australia promising full support for the Australian procurement of machine tools, and clarifying procedures for obtaining war supplies. [See CHAR 20/69B/144-5 for Australian Government's telegram].