Letter from King George VI (Buckingham Palace, [London]) to WSC expressing his sadness and shock at the sudden death of President Roosevelt and sending sympathy to WSC, "...to you who have known him for so long & so intimately during this war, the sudden loss to yourself personally of a colleague & helpmate in the framing of far reaching decisions both for the prosecution of the war & for the future peace of the world must be overwhelming".

Telegram from WSC to Edward Stettinius [United States Secretary of State] stating, "I deeply share your sorrow in this most grievous loss" [death of President Roosevelt]. Initialled by WSC in red ink.

Telegram from Edward Stettinius [United States Secretary of State] to WSC marked "copy" commenting on their shared personal grief over the death of President Roosevelt.

Corrected copy of telegram from WSC to Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] marked "personal and secret" thanking him for his message "No. 100" regarding the death of President Roosevelt: "With your full knowledge of our relations you can indeed feel the personal loss I have sustained, apart from the far greater loss that all our causes have suffered".

Corrected copy of telegram from WSC to John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] marked "personal and secret" thanking him for his telegram on the death of President Roosevelt: "I know Roosevelt's name will ever be honoured in Australia".

Telegram from Mackenzie King (Prime Minister of Canada) to WSC marked "personal" expressing his "deep sympathy" for WSC on the death of President Roosevelt: "In this great loss please feel that I am closer than ever at your side". With single annotation in red ink, probably by WSC.

Telegram from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC expressing shock at "tragic news" of death of President Roosevelt, whose help and support "are acknowledged with great thankfulness by people this country". Curtin states that, "We know how greatly you will miss his comradeship and support and feel deeply for you in added burden which necessarily will now be yours".

Telegram from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC expressing shock at "tragic news" of death of President Roosevelt, whose help and support "are acknowledged with great thankfulness by people this country". Curtin states that, "We know how greatly you will miss his comradeship and support and feel deeply for you in added burden which necessarily will now be yours". With single annotation in red ink, probably by WSC.

Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] marked "personal and secret" reciting text of message from WSC to Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] explaining that while it would be a solace to attend President Roosevelt's funeral, "everyone here thought my duty next week lay at home". WSC asks how Hopkins is, and when he is going to see him.

Text of telegram from WSC to Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] marked "personal" commenting on the death of President Roosevelt. "I feel with you that we have lost one of our greatest friends and one of the most valiant champions of the causes for which we fight". WSC concludes, "I had a true affection for Franklin". [Typescript on 10 Downing Street Paper] Initialled with single amendment by WSC in red ink.

Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] marked "most immediate" and "top secret" and "personal" explaining that "on further thought" it will not be possible for him to leave and that he has asked Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] to go in his place [to funeral of President Roosevelt]. WSC asks Halifax to explain this to Edward Stettinius [United States Secretary of State] and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Letter from WSC to Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz [Commanding General, United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe] thanking him for the album of photographs showing the work of the 8th and 15th United States Air Forces, and stating, "I can imagine no finer record of the great contribution which the Air Forces under your Command have made to the successes of the Anglo-American Armies since their landing in Europe". [Carbon].

Letter from Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz [Commanding General, United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe] to WSC announcing his very great pleasure in presenting WSC with a "pictorial report on our strategic effort during the past year against the enemy's power to wage war" [report not attached]. [Signed typescript].

Printed papers and minutes of the meetings of the Sextant [Cairo Conference November 1943] and Eureka [Teheran Conference, November-December 1943] Conferences. Indexed. Published by the Office, United States Secretary and Office of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, in 1943.

Note from Edward Marsh to WSC referring to the desire of the Navy League of the United States to compile a list of Americans who served in the Royal Navy or Royal Naval Division during the way [see CHAR 2/118/28-29 and CHAR 2/118/30] and suggesting that WSC reply that the Admiralty and the War Office do not have enough staff time to undertake the necessary research.

Letter from L S M Robinson, secretary of the Navy League of the United States (Box 2133, Middle City Station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) to WSC (2 Sussex Square) asking for his help in finding the names of those Americans who served in the Royal Navy during the war so that they can be properly honoured. Encloses related leaflet [see CHAR 2/118/30].

Leaflet on the effort of the Navy League of the United States to find the names and service records of all those Americans who served in the Allied forces before the United States entered the war. Sent with CHAR 2/118/28-29.