Telegram from "Nokrashy", [Mahmoud Fahmy el Nukrachy] Prime Minister [of Egypt], (Cairo) to WSC (London) congratulating him on victory and praising his leadership. [Carbon copy].

Draft message from WSC to Egyptian Prime Minister [Mahmoud Fahmy el Nukrachy] thanking him for his VE-Day message and commenting on the war against Japan. [prepared by the Foreign Office; annotated by John Peck, Prime Minister's Private Secretary and WSC's secretary Patrick Kinna on 18 May].

Telegram from [1st] Lord Killearn [earlier Sir Miles Lampson, British Ambassador to Egypt] (Cairo) to Foreign Office passing on a message from the Central Committee of Ikhwan Al Hurriya, the Brothers of Freedom, passing on the congratulations of their 50,000 members at the defeat of "Nazi and Fascist tyranny". [despatched on 14 May; annotated by WSC and his Private Office].

Letter from Sir Miles Lampson [British Ambassador to Egypt and High Commissioner for the Sudan, later 1st Lord Killearn] to WSC apologising, particularly as he was proved wrong by subsequent events in Egypt and Greece; discusses his local situation with Egyptian leaders Hassan Sabri, Hussein Sirri and King Farouk.

Telegram from Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC: states that he has been having a "very sticky time" with the Egyptian political crisis and the need to restore the temporarily shaken confidence of the military; believes that there has been no major lapse in preparations for the battle.

Telegram from the Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] in Cairo [Egypt] to WSC regarding army workshops: states that the low percentage of serviceable tanks is due to battle casualties, mechanical breakdown, and lack of transports, not the failure of base workshops; comments on efficiency of mobile workshops in the early part of the battle; comments on the problem of maintaining and reinforcing fighting troops in the desert.

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Chief of Staff, Admiralty [Admiral Sir Henry Jackson], on the defence of Alexandria [Egypt]. [Carbon].

Telegram from Admiralty to [Captain George Borrett], Senior Naval Officer of the Egyptian Station, with suggested precautions for the defence of the Suez Canal. Initialled by Vice-Admiral Sir [Frederick] Doveton Sturdee [Chief of Staff], Admiral Sir Edmond Slade [former Commander-in-Chief, East Indies] and WSC. [Carbon].

Telegram from Milne Cheetham [Counsellor of the British Embassy, Cairo, Egypt] to Admiralty, on the political and military situation in the country, annotated with a note between WSC and Vice-Admiral Henry Oliver, Chief of Staff, that HMS Swiftsure should hurry to Suez. [Carbon].

Telegram from WSC to the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies [Admiral Sir Richard Peirse], stating that it was necessary for him to proceed to Egypt to take charge of naval operations as soon as possible, and detailing the forces at his command. [Carbon].

Letter from Josiah Wedgwood to WSC enclosing: an essay: "Egypt or Greece?" advising transferral of troops from Egypt to Greece; beginning of a letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton to Josiah Wedgwood criticising official policy towards Egypt and Greece and comparing it with that of General Sir John Maxwell in 1915 [manuscript and copy]; with acknowledgement and a letter of thanks from WSC. [See CHAR 20/2B/129 for WSC's reply to essay and CHAR 20/8/125 for covering letter].

Telegram from WSC to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham], congratulating him on preventing landing of enemy supplies east of Benghazi [Libya]; expressing concern about a plan for evacuation of French ships from Alexandria [Egypt]. [see further CHAR 20/37/129].

Telegram from Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham] to WSC commenting on Libya, Alexandria [Egypt] and the evacuation from Greece. [see CHAR 20/37/119-120 for WSC's telegram].

Telegram from Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC on need to alter railway between Safaga and Nile Valley [Egypt] to metric gauge.

1:500,000. Provisional issue, printed on linen-backed paper. The western edge of the map charts Italian territory.
A more detailed map of the Gilf Kebir plateau has been pasted onto the original map (on which it was blank). Extensively annotated in red ink with route and features.

Miscellaneous invitations to social functions received during visit to Egypt.

Notebooks with diary of JA's visit to Northern and Southern Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe], South Africa and Egypt, also including an incomplete typed version, a summary of the visit, and letters of thanks, with correspondents including William Aitken.

Detailed briefings for Egypt, Jordan, and Israel, including itineraries for NK and Glenys Kinnock, details for a visit to the West Bank and Gaza [Palestine] by Glenys Kinnock and letters of thanks.

Papers on NK’s visit to Jordan, Israel, Egypt and Palestine, including: text and draft of NK’s press statement from Jerusalem; overall assessment; rough notes of meetings with Yitzhak Shamir, Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Minister of Defence, ? [Shimon Peres, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs] and Hosni Mubarak [President of Egypt].