Telegram from WSC to the Viceroy [and Governor-General of India, 2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun] regarding the visit of Generalissimo Chiang-Kai-shek [Chinese Nationalist Leader] to India: feels "It would be disastrous if you put yourself in a position where we had [Mohandas] Gandhi and [Jawaharlal] Nehru on the one side and the Viceroy of India on the other, with Chiang-Kai-shek arbitrating between the two".

Telegram from WSC to Generalissimo Chiang-Kai-shek [Chinese Nationalist Leader] advising him against his suggested visit to see [Mohandas] Gandhi at Wardha [India].

Telegram from the Viceroy [and Governor-General] of India [2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun] to WSC commenting on plan [on Indian affairs]: advises against "doing anything hasty or unsound" and states that the "soundness" of the Indian army is more important than opinion in the United States and of British minorities; believes that the Defence Council should not have the function of constitution-making; offers to provide constructive alternatives.

Telegram from WSC to Viceroy [and Governor-General] of India [2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun] regarding the creation of a national assembly for India.

Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt, reciting the text of a telegram from the Viceroy [and Governor-General] of India [2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun] to the Secretary of State for India [Leo Amery] regarding the likely disastrous effects on the Indian army of a declaration of the right to secede.

Telegram from the Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] to WSC welcoming the statement of policy for the "earliest possible realization of complete self government in India"; offers to make an early appointment of a High Commissioner for Canada in India.

Telegram from Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] to WSC regarding comments by Dr T V Soong [Tse-ven Sung], Chinese Foreign Minister and brother- in-law to Generalissimo Chiang-Kai-shek [Chinese Nationalist Leader] on Chiang-Kai-shek's views on the "extremely precarious" situation in India.

Hand-written note by [William Deakin, Literary Assistant to WSC] on the concern shown by the Dominions in political arrangements in India, and on communication with Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada]. [Probably used in "The Hinge of Fate", volume 4 of "The Second World War"].

Telegram from WSC to Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] regarding India: believes that the timing of a declaration will be affected by Allied defeats in the Far East and the imminent fall of Rangoon [Burma, later Myanmar]; comments on the ignorance of Generalissimo Chiang-Kai-shek [Chinese Nationalist Leader] about Indian affairs; believes that the Indian Congress will reject the proposals.

Telegram from WSC to Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada]: summarizes views of the Commander-in-Chief, India [General Sir Archibald Wavell] on the "disastrous" announcement of a future right to secede for India; recites comments of the Viceroy [and Governor-General] of India [2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun] regarding the effect of such an announcement on the Punjab.

Telegram from WSC to the Viceroy [and Governor- General] of India [2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun] regarding the decision to send Sir Stafford Cripps, Lord Privy Seal, on a mission to India.

Telegram from Franklin Roosevelt [President of the United States] to WSC suggesting the creation of a temporary governing body for India, and comparing the situation in India to that which existed in the United States in the eighteenth century.

Telegram from the Secretary of State for India [Leo Amery] to the Viceroy [and Governor-General] of India [2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun] regarding WSC's wish that the message be conveyed to Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru [? President, Indian Liberal Federation] that the statement made in parliament and the mission of Sir Stafford Cripps to India are in effect the answer to Sapru's telegram of 2nd January.

Telegram from Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] to WSC commenting on Canadian support for the Indian mission of Sir Stafford Cripps [Lord Privy Seal] and recognition of India as a self-governing Dominion: states that he has told Dr T V Soong [Tse-ven Sung, Chinese Foreign Minister] of the Dominions' sympathy for India's desire for self-government and that this will have been passed to Generalissimo Chiang-Kai-shek [Chinese nationalist leader].

Telegram from WSC to Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] regarding problems posed by the different sects or nations within India, stating that "There can be no question of our handing over control during the war", and recommending that Mackenzie King await developments.

Telegram from Sir Henry Moore, Governor [and Commander-in- Chief] of Kenya, to WSC: encloses text of a message from Shams- ud-Deen, Indian member of the Kenyan Legislative Council, offering his services to mission to India of Sir Stafford Cripps [Lord Privy Seal]; Moore states that he could not recommend the sender.

Telegram from Sir Stafford Cripps [Lord Privy Seal] (India) to WSC informing him of his intention to publish the declaration [on India] and to give a short explanatory broadcast on Sunday next [29 March], and suggesting simultaneous publication in Britain.

Telegram from Sir Stafford Cripps [Lord Privy Seal] (New Delhi [India]) to WSC reporting on a meeting with Lieutenant-General Ernest Wood [Administrator General, Eastern Frontier Communications] regarding road and rail building: comments on the progress of the Dimapur [India] - Tamu - Kalewa [Burma, later Myanmar] road, the Ledo [India] - Shawbuyiwang - China road, the road to Fort Herts [Burma], and the Ledo [India] - Mogaung [Burma] railway.

Telegram from Sir Stafford Cripps [Lord Privy Seal] (India) to WSC regarding the defence of North Eastern India: states that the next few weeks will be critical for morale; warns that the result may be disastrous if Calcutta is bombed without any effective defence; comments on the desperate need for up-to-date fighters and suggests alternative means of obtaining these from Britain or the Middle East or Ceylon [later Sri Lanka].

Telegram from the Lord Privy Seal [Sir Stafford Cripps] (India) to WSC regarding the critical issue of responsibility for the defence of India: comments that whilst Britain cannot give up any of the responsibility for defence there is a need to raise the keenness of Indians to defend their country, and encloses the text of a paragraph for approval before publication.