Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he has decided to postpone his broadcast [announcing the surrender of Germany] until the next day; and informing him that a statement has been issued to the press indicating the time of the announcement and that 8 May will be regarded as VE Day. Carbon copy.

Telegram from President Truman to WSC suggesting the text for a message he intends to send to Marshal Stalin on the procedure for the occupation by their respective armies of the zones they will occupy in Germany and Austria, emphasising the need to come to an agreement on the zones for Austria. Annotated.

Telegram from WSC to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] marked "Personal and Top Secret" sending him the text of a minute appealing for the order to arrest all members of the Reich Food Estate to be cancelled in order to assist German food production in the following year.

Telegram from General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] to WSC marked "Personal" assuring him that he is aware of possible difficulties involving the removal of Nazi Party members from the German civil service, but [in response to WSC's particular concern] stating that only top officials in the Reich Food Estate should be affected.

Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] marked "Top Secret" and "Guard" and "personal and secret, private and confidential" commenting on the "winter prospect in Germany", and expressing his dislike of seeing German admirals and generals "being made to stand with their hands above their heads".

Telegram from Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] to WSC marked "Top Secret", "Guard" and "personal and private" commenting on the situation in occupied Germany: suggesting that British policy concerning the German population, particularly regarding fraternisation with troops, needs to be reviewed, and pointing to communist activity in the British zone.

Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] agreeing with Montgomery on the need to relax restrictions on troops fraternising with the German people.

Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" explaining why he is unable to delay the withdrawal of American troops from the Soviet zone of Germany; and proposing to send a message to Marshal Stalin advocating that this withdrawal begins on June 21 but also emphasising the need for the Soviet Union to settle the matters of the occupation of Berlin [Germany] and Austria.

Telegram from Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] to WSC marked "Top Secret" and "Personal" commenting on conditions in occupied Germany: the agricultural position, the general food situation, coal production, and discharging prisoners of war.

Biennial report by the Chief of Staff of United States Army, General George Marshall, to the Secretary of War [Henry Stimson], 1 July 1943 to 30 June 1945, dated 1 September 1945, with sections on the victory in Europe, victory over Japan, occupied territories, weapons, troops, and a supplement "Atlas of the World Battle Fronts in semi-monthly phases" to 15 August 1945. In a presentation binding for WSC.

First report of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, General [Henry] Arnold, to the Secretary of War [Henry Stimson], dated 4 January 1944, with sections entitled "Before Pearl Harbor", "Building an Air Force", "Combat Operations", and "The Men". In a presentation binding with an annotated dedication to WSC from Arnold dated 24 November 1945.

Second report of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, General [Henry] Arnold, to the Secretary of War [Henry Stimson] with sections on the air war against Germany and Japan, research, development, and welfare, and a conclusion. In a presentation binding for WSC.

Third report of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, General [Henry] Arnold, to the Secretary of War [Robert Patterson] with sections on the war in Europe and the Pacific and "Air Power and the Future". In a presentation binding for WSC.

Series of photographs of the Western Front as plotted in the Defence Map Room, with dates from 3 March to 4 May 1945. Reproduced by the Air Ministry Photographic Reproductions Branch.

Telegram from WSC [Quebec, Canada] to [Brendan] Bracken [Minister of Information] marked "From: Octagon" and "Gunfire No. 195" and "Personal and Secret" suggesting he use Aix-la-Chapelle instead of Aachen [Germany] in a statement. [Copy].

Telegram from WSC [Quebec, Canada] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee], Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir John Anderson, later 1st Lord Waverley], and War Cabinet marked "From: Octagon" and "Gunfire No. 169" referring to his preceding telegram [see CHAR 20/257/29-30] and repeating an agreed record of a conversation between him and President [Franklin Roosevelt] on dismantling German industry in the Ruhr and Saar. [Copy].

Telegram from WSC [Quebec, Canada] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee], Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir John Anderson, later 1st Lord Waverley], and War Cabinet marked "From: Octagon" and "Gunfire No. 166" and "Personal and Top Secret" on discussions with the United States on "munition and non-munition supplies", dismantling German industries, plans for the war in the Far East, and proposals for Italy. [Copy].

Telegram from WSC to Commander in Chief, British Army of Occupation [Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery] marked "Top Secret and Personal" stating that no German research and development establishments should be destroyed.

Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador in the United States] marked "Personal and Top Secret" passing on a message for Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon] entirely agreeing with two of his telegrams [on an account of a talk with Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Union Foreign Minister, and the French zone of occupation in Germany]; and thanking him for his references to CSC. Copy.

Telegram from Duff Cooper [later Lord Norwich, British Ambassador to France] to WSC marked "Personal" reporting on French policy towards the Levant States [Syria and the Lebanon]; that General de Gaulle [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic] regretted Britain moving an extra division into the Lebanon; and was in a bad mood when he drafted his reply to WSC because he had heard that the French zone of occupation in Germany would not include Cologne. Copy.

Telegram from Marshal Stalin to WSC marked "Personal and Secret" requesting the postponement of the announcement of the German surrender until 9 May because of continued German resistance on the Eastern front. Copy.

Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Secret" stating that he will not be able to delay his announcement of the German surrender until 9 May, despite continued resistance by certain groups [on the Eastern front]. Copy.

Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC congratulating him and the British forces and people on the defeat of Germany. Copy.

Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" suggesting an alternative to Truman's message to Marshal Stalin on the zones of occupation in Germany and Austria; and detailing arrangements for occupation before and after Germany is finally defeated.

Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador in the United States] to WSC marked "Top Secret and Personal" reporting discussions between Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson [Representative of the British Chiefs of Staff in Washington, United States] and General George Marshall [Chief of Staff United States Army] on the French zone of occupation in Germany. Copy.