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.

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.

Letter from Shirley Carson Jenney (Box 91, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) to WSC enclosing and commenting on CHAR 2/123/72-96 and conveying supposed messages from Lady Randolph Churchill and others on British policy in Egypt.

Letter from Lieutenant-General Sir Walter Congreve (Cairo, [Egypt]) to WSC asking whether he will recommend him to the vacant post of Commander-in-Chief at Aldershot [Hampshire], since he thinks that only General Sir Hubert Gough is a better candidate than himself, reporting on the quiet political situation in Egypt and commenting on the Irish settlement.

Memorandum by James Phillpotts (The Ousels, Tunbridge Wells, [Kent]) suggesting a propaganda campaign among the Fellaheen in support of the British presence in Egypt and the establishment of a mobile police force there. Sent with CHAR 2/120/22.

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton (1 Hyde Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC criticising the weak policy towards Egypt during the Dardanelles campaign of General Sir John Maxwell and Colonel Sir Henry Mcmahon and enclosing two letters from "the Canadian Northcliffe", Colonel J B Maclean [not present].

Letter from [Sir Samuel Hoare, later Lord Templewood] to [Stanley Baldwin, later Lord Baldwin] responding to the telegrams which have passed between the Foreign Office and Lord Lloyd [earlier Sir George Lloyd] by arguing that Britain should insist on the complete carrying out of any demands it makes in Egypt. Typescript carbon copy sent with CHAR 2/152/97.

Letter from Frances Helen Pumfrey (Portway, Wantage, Berkshire) to the editor of the "Daily Mail" warning that if Britain gives up Egypt she will also lose India, criticising the granting of votes to women under thirty, the taking of men's jobs by women, the payment of war debts to the United States, and Stanley Baldwin, and calling for the return to government of David Lloyd George. Copy sent with CHAR 2/157/8A.

Letter from [WSC] to Sir Robert Horne [later Lord Horne of Slamannan] on: Horne's statement of the Government's case on rubber; the River Nile, which Horne is about to visit; the unpopular provisions in the Economy Bill; WSC's invitation to stay with him, Walter Guinness and Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood]. Typescript copy.

Letter from Lord Lloyd [earlier Sir George Lloyd] (HMS "Concord", Port Said, [Egypt]) on: the negotiations for the retention of British officials in Egypt; the inauguration of Port Said, at which Britain is the only country to have a cruiser present; negotiations with the Suez Canal Company over shares; the desire of the Zaghlulist minister for war to get rid of Bertram Romilly.

Letter from Lord Lloyd [earlier Sir George Lloyd] (Cairo, [Egypt]) to WSC on: the consternation caused among the Zaghlulists by the rumour that WSC was to visit Egypt; Lloyd's difficulties over the retention of British officials and other economic and administrative problems.

Letter from Lord Lloyd [earlier Sir George Lloyd] (30 Portman Square, [London]) to WSC reporting that the Wafd in Egypt will regain power if the treaty negotiations are revived.

Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Operations in the Middle East from August, 1939, to November, 1940", reprinting a contemporary despatch by General Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief in the Middle East (10 December 1940) covering Egypt, Somaliland [later Somalia], Sudan and Greece, with appendices consisting of Army Council instructions to Wavell (24 July 1939) and information on Allied co-operation. [annotated].

Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Operations in the Western Desert from December 7, 1940, to February 7, 1941", reprinting a contemporary despatch by General Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief in the Middle East (21 June 1941), covering the Battle of Sidi Barrani [Egypt], Bardia to Tobruk, and Agedabia [Libya]. [annotated].

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 WSC to Sir Ronald Graham thanking him for temporarily taking over the post of British Government Director of the Suez Canal Company on Lord Hankey's appointment to the War Cabinet and advising him that Lord Hankey is now able to resume his duties with the Board [carbon].

Letter from WSC to Lord Hankey informing him of his reappointment as British Director of the Suez Canal Company, and also thanking him for temporarily assuming the duties of Resident Director in Paris [France] [carbon].

Pamphlet entitled "The New Zealand Division in Egypt and Libya, operations 'Lightfoot' and 'Supercharge' [code names for plans for the second battle of El Alamein, Egypt]. Part I Narrative and Lessons" with foreword by General [Bernard] Montgomery, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 8th Army, and introduction by Lieutenant-General [Bernard] Freyberg, General Officer Commanding, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force. [annotated on cover by Freyberg; for part II, see CHAR 20/246/191-207].

Pamphlet entitled "The New Zealand Division in Egypt and Libya, operations 'Lightfoot' and 'Supercharge' [code names for plans for the second battle of El Alamein, Egypt]. Part II Maps and Diagrams" with an index. [for Part I, see CHAR 20/246/166].