Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on the United States taking assets producing 25 million pounds from Britain per year. [Copy; given running number 202].

Letter from Lieutenant Edwin Russell, USNR, ("At sea" on USS Oklahoma City; [posted at] Fleet Post Office, San Francisco [United States]) to WSC: congratulating him on victory; reminiscing on his wartime meetings with WSC and CSC, his experiences in wartime London and with the British Navy; and commenting on American views on the Royal Navy and Anglo-American relations generally. [signed manuscript; received 14 June].

Minute from [General Sir Hastings] Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence] to WSC marked "Top Secret" giving the views of the Chiefs of Staff against WSC's suggestion that the United States take over the Palestine Mandate. [signed].

Minute from WSC to Secretary of State for the Colonies [Oliver Stanley] and the Chiefs of Staff Committee suggesting they consider whether the United States should be asked to take over the Palestine Mandate, commenting: "Somebody else should have their turn now". [Carbon copy; annotated by WSC's Private Office].

Draft letter from WSC to Chaim Weizmann [President of World Zionist Organisation and Jewish Agency for Palestine] on the appropriate time for the Jewish position in Palestine to be considered, suggesting the possibility of the United States taking over the mandate, and concluding: "I shall continue to do my best for it [the Zionist cause]". [letter not sent but passed on with CHAR 20/234/20].

Draft letter from WSC to Chaim Weizmann [President of World Zionist Organisation and Jewish Agency for Palestine] on the appropriate time for the Jewish position in Palestine to be considered, suggesting the possibility of the United States taking over the mandate, and concluding: "I shall continue to do my best for it [the Zionist cause]". [Carbon copy; letter not sent but passed on with CHAR 20/234/25].

Draft letter from WSC to Chaim Weizmann [President of World Zionist Organisation and Jewish Agency for Palestine] on the appropriate time for the Jewish position in Palestine to be considered, suggesting the possibility of the United States taking over the mandate, and concluding: "I shall continue to do my best for it [the Zionist cause]". [Carbon copy; letter not sent but passed on with CHAR 20/234/25].

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.

Foreword [to volume of artist drawings of new ordnance material, CHAR 20/255/3-50] by Brigadier-General G M Barnes, Chief, Technical Division, Ordnance Department, on research and development by the Department.

Artist drawings of projects illustrating the type of research and development work being carried out by the United States Ordnance Department including gun and howitzer motor carriages, howitzers, guns, tanks, and armoured cars.

Telegram from WSC [in the United States] to Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon] marked "From: Octagon" and "Gunfire 273" and "Personal and Top Secret" referring to [Eden's] "Cordite 331" and stating that they should try to meet United States wishes so far as is possible, but that "dissatisfaction" should be expressed to the State Department by the Ambassador [Lord Halifax, earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin]. [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 168" referring to two immediately preceding telegrams [see CHAR 20/257/31-33] and repeating an agreed record of a conversation between him and President [Franklin Roosevelt] on Lend-Lease and British exports following the end of hostilities with Germany. [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. 167" referring to his immediately preceding telegram [see CHAR 20/257/32-33] and repeating the text of an agreement setting up a Joint Committee to look at the scope and scale of Lend-Lease aid following the defeat of Germany and during the war with Japan. [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 Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC marked "Personal and Private" giving his impressions of the likely attitude of President Harry Truman and the United States representatives at the "Terminal" [Potsdam, Berlin, Germany] conference to disagreements between the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. [Received 8 July].

Telegram from WSC [Yalta, Soviet Union] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] marked "From: Argonaut" and "Jason No. 286" on Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] and US assistance with British imports.

Telegram from WSC [Yalta, Soviet Union] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee], Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir John Anderson, later 1st Lord Waverley], and others concerned marked "From: Argonaut" and "Jason 337" sending on the text of a letter from President Franklin Roosevelt on resuming high level discussion on the Lend-Lease Agreement.

Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman thanking him for his telegram [of congratulations on the surrender of Germany]; commenting on the unity of purpose between the Allied forces throughout the war; and paying tribute to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] and "all the valiant and magnanimous deeds" of the United States.

Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC marked "Top Secret" reporting on the health and activities of Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States]; and stating that Hopkins has informed him that James Byrnes will be the new Secretary of State. [Received 1 July; carbon copy].

Telegram from WSC to Edward Stettinius congratulating him on his appointment as the United States representative on the United Nations Security Council and Chairman of the US Delegation to the General Assembly. [Copy].