Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Sir John Dill [Head of British Joint Staff Mission, Washington, United States] welcoming the Australian offer of holding two Brigade groups at Ceylon [later Sri Lanka], and the possibility of the Australian 9th Division remaining in the Middle East whilst the United States reinforces Australia.

Telegram from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] to WSC asking for help in persuading the British Government to agree the draft of the Interim Lend Lease Agreement.

Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Supreme Commander, South West Pacific] regarding changes in ABDA [Australian, British, Dutch and Australasian] Command: quotes telegram from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt, see CHAR 20/69B/136-137]; states that "It is certain that the Americans will require to fill one of the places, sea or air, and that this point will arise whenever The Unknown [? General Douglas MacArthur] is free to become your Deputy".

Telegram from Lord Halifax [British Ambassador to the United States, earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] to WSC advising him to comment favourably on his recent meeting with Wendell Willkie [American Republican Leader]: "In view of hydra-headed activities of the isolationists we need all the help he can give us".

Letter from H Freeman Matthews [Counsellor, United States Embassy in London] to WSC reciting the text of a telegram from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] to WSC regarding the Lend-Lease Agreement: states that Britain is not being asked to trade the principle of Imperial preference, but wants nothing to be excluded from discussions on post-war economic policy.

Telegram from the President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt to WSC, regarding the appointment of Admiral Harold Stark as United States naval representative in London: states that Stark will replace Vice-Admiral Robert Ghormley; states that Admiral Ernest King will succeed Stark as United States Chief of Naval Operations and will also retain position of Commander-in-Chief of the United States Fleet.

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 Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC regarding the need for a definite strategical plan for the British and United States navies in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Telegram from WSC to the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] regarding allocation of equipment and aircraft produced by the United States.

Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] informing him of the decision to undertake "BONUS" [codename for operation against Madagascar] and asking that the United States Navy protect the western exit of the Mediterranean whilst Force H is away from Gibraltar.

Telegram from the Prime Minister of New Zealand [Peter Fraser] to WSC regarding reinforcements for New Zealand: comments on dates for the despatch and arrival of United States troops; comments on the difficulties in leaving a New Zealand division in the Middle East; comments on the strength of proposed reinforcements for the Far East from the United States and Britain.