Telegram from WSC to General de Gaulle [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic] warning him against increasing tension in the Levant States [Syria and the Lebanon] by sending in reinforcements; and stating that he is willing to order the withdrawal of all British troops from these countries as soon as France concludes a treaty with them. Carbon copy.

Telegram from Duff Cooper [later Lord Norwich, British Ambassador to France] to WSC reporting a meeting with General de Gaulle [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic] in which they discussed French policy in the Levant [Syria and the Lebanon]: including the French demand for a military base and the transfer of "Troupes Speciales" [Syrian troops serving with the French Army] to the Syrians.

Draft telegram to the British Ambassador [to France, Alfred Duff Cooper, later 1st Lord Norwich] (Paris) passing on a message from WSC to [Felix] Gouin [President of the French Assembly] thanking him and the members of the Consultative Assembly for their "generous message".

Telegram from [Alfred] Duff Cooper [later 1st Lord Norwich, British Ambassador to France] (Paris) to Foreign Office passing on a message from [Felix] Gouin, President of the French Assembly, to WSC congratulating him on behalf of the Assembly members on victory. [Carbon copy; despatched on 9 May; received on 10 May].

Telegram from WSC to General [Charles] de Gaulle [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic] (Paris) thanking him for his message, commenting on de Gaulle's stature, and generally on France's role in the war and prospects for the future, ending "Vive la France!". [Carbon copy; annotated by D Mackay].

Telegram from WSC to General [Charles] de Gaulle [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic] thanking him for his message, commenting on de Gaulle's stature, and generally on France's role in the war and prospects for the future, ending "Vive la France!". [Carbon copy of text].

Telegram from General [Charles] de Gaulle [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic] (Paris) to WSC paying tribute to WSC at the end of hostilities and hoping for close future co-operation between their countries.

Statement on 10 Downing Street paper containing the text of a telegram from WSC to General [Charles] de Gaulle [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic] thanking him for his message, commenting on de Gaulle's stature, and generally on France's role in the war and prospects for the future, ending "Vive la France!". [annotated and initialled by WSC].

Telegram from the Foreign Office to Paris [France] passing on a message from WSC to [Felix] Gouin [President of the French Assembly] thanking him and the members of the Consultative Assembly for their "generous message". [Carbon copy].

Letter from WSC to Rene Massigli [French Ambassador to Great Britain] thanking him for his letter of 8 May and for his "loyal co-operation during the difficult days" of the war. [Carbon copy; annotated by the Private Office].

Letter from [Rene] Massigli, French Ambassador [to Great Britain] (London) to WSC describing his feelings on VE-Day, remembering the British and Resistance dead, and the broadcasts from Britain to France. [signed with manuscript annotations].

Draft letter from WSC to French Ambassador [to Great Britain, Rene Massigli] thanking him for his letter of 8 May and for his "loyal co-operation during the difficult days" of the war.

Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador in the United States] passing on a "Personal and Top Secret" message from WSC to Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon] stating that a message from Duff Cooper [later Lord Norwich, British Ambassador to France] confirms his view that they should leave all initiative [concerning an Anglo-French pact] to the French. Copy.

Telegram from WSC to Duff Cooper [later Lord Norwich, British Ambassador to France] marked "Personal and Secret" arguing that the French should support the warning to the Germans over their treatment of Allied prisoners of war, emphasising that this will not greatly hinder future mobilisation; and regretting developments over a Franco-British treaty.

Telegram from Duff Cooper [later Lord Norwich, British Ambassador to France] to WSC marked "Personal and Secret" explaining misunderstandings which occurred over a possible [Franco-British] treaty, arguing that various French officials or General de Gaulle [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic] may have "exceeded their instructions". Copy.

Letter from Lord Halsbury, Paris, to WSC, on Anglo-French relations. Commenting that many in France felt that Britain would never help France, no matter what happened, and that Anthony Eden (later Lord Avon) at the Foreign Office was regareded as am insult to any nation to whom he had been sent.

Letter from WSC to Andre Tardieu, thanks for gift of book, "Le souverain captif". Also commenting that he hoped that the elections would result in a strong France and above all not a bitterly divided France." [carbon.

Letter from Major P Granville Edge, Glengall Road, Woodford Green, Essex, on his letter to "The Times" on the France and the League of Nations. Also enclosing his visiting card.

Cutting from "The Times", letter by WSC "France and the League".

Letter from WSC to Anthony Eden, (later Lord Avon), on the Spanish Civil War. Commenting on the importance of France remaining strictly neutral even if Germany and Italy continued to support the rebels and the Soviet Union to send money to the Government. Stating that if the French Government took sides against the rebels it would be a "god send to the Germans and the pro-Germans" [carbon].

Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel F T Tristram, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France to WSC, congratulations on recent speech on the position of France, forwarding message of support from 181 "patriotic French ladies from the Nice area.