Telegram from Peter Fraser [Prime Minister of New Zealand] to WSC regarding the opposition of the New Zealand Government to plans by the United States to create separate command areas for Australia and New Zealand.

Telegram from Lord Halifax [British Ambassador to the United States, earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] to WSC reporting on his meeting with the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] and Harry Hopkins [Special adviser and assistant to Roosevelt] late last night regarding Australian representation in the Pacific area and the Australian division in the Middle East.

Telegram from Lord Halifax [British Ambassador to the United States, earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] to WSC reporting remarks made by Herbert Evatt [Australian Minister for External Affairs and Attorney-General] at a private meeting on 26 March.

Telegram from WSC to John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] informing him of the movement of a British armoured division around the Cape [South Africa] in late April or early May, and pledging to divert this force should Australia be invaded. [See also CHAR 20/73/12 for correction].

Telegram from [?] William Hughes [former Prime Minister of Australia] (Australia) to WSC commenting on anti-British feeling in Australia and the need to impress Herbert Evatt [Australian Minister for External Affairs and Attorney General].

Telegram from WSC to John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] thanking him for his decision to allow the Australian 9th Division to remain in the Middle East for the present and commenting on plans to build up a strong naval force in the Indian Ocean.

Telegram from Herbert Evatt [Australian Minister for External Affairs and Attorney General] (Washington [United States]) to Stanley Bruce [High Commissioner for Australia in London] conveying a message for WSC: regrets that he must postpone his visit to London in order to deal with important matters in Washington.

Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, India, reciting the text of a telegram of 28 Apr 1942 from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC requesting reinforcements [see CHAR 20/74/59-60].

Letter from Admiral Sir George King-Hall [Commander-in- Chief, Australia Station], (Admiralty House, Sydney), to WSC, sending a copy [not present] of his speech in which he argued that the Commonwealth should contribute its fair share to Imperial defence; he also comments on the success of the Royal Australian Navy, and the execution of War Orders.

Letter from 3rd Lord Denman, Governor-General of Australia (Melbourne) to WSC on subjects including: military service in Australia; WSC's success at the Admiralty; comparisons in the press between Australia's and Canada's contributions to the Navy and criticism aimed at Australians for wanting their own navy.

Telegram from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC marked "most secret" commenting on the report he has received from Herbert Evatt [Australian Minister for External Affairs and Attorney General] on the results of his mission to London: thanks WSC for his assurances of support and practical assistance, including provision of three Spitfire squadrons and an RAF squadron, and proposes to express his Government's appreciation in the Australian parliament.

Telegram from William Hughes [former Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC regarding public opinion in Australia: comments on the "most satisfactory" reaction of Herbert Evatt [Australian Minister for External Affairs and Attorney General] to his reception in Britain; comments on the effect on the Australian public of the presence of a large number of troops from the United States and recommends the despatch of a substantial number of British troops to counteract the American influence.

Telegram from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC marked "most secret" alerting him to a broadcast made on the evening of 29 June in which a commentator of the Australian Brodcasting Commission made critical comments about the Middle East Command and stating that he is taking the matter up personally with the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

Telegram from WSC to Evatt [Australian Minister for External Affairs and Attorney General] apologising for the delay in the provision of Spitfires to Australia.

Telegram from WSC to John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] thanking him for his agreement regarding the diversion of 42 Spitfires to the Middle East but asking him to accept the July allocation for wastage in two instalments.

Telegram from WSC to John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] marked "secret and personal" thanking him for his personal concern about the broadcast criticising the Middle East Command which was not heard in the United Kingdom.

Telegram from John Curtin (Prime Minister of Australia) to WSC marked "most secret" accepting WSC's amended proposals regarding the monthly delivery of Spitfires and describing Japanese raid no. 67 on Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea] on 4 July.

Telegram from Evatt [Australian Minister of External Affairs and Attorney General] marked "most secret" to WSC thanking him for his "thoughtful wire", commenting on plan to provide Spitfires for Australia, and stating that a black swan has been allocated to WSC and will arrive after plumage attaches itself in August.

Telegram from Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] to WSC marked "most secret" outlining the manpower needs for land, navy and air forces in Australia and New Guinea [later Papua New Guinea and part of Indonesia], including the unanimous conclusion of the Advisory War Council that the government should call for the early return to Australia of the Ninth Division of the Australian Imperial Force from the Middle East. Annotated by Charles Barker [Prime Minister's Private Secretary].