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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].

Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC [Quebec, Canada] to General [Sir Henry] Wilson [Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] and General [Sir Harold] Alexander [later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander in Chief of the Allied Armies in Italy] marked "Special Unnumbered Signal" and "Personal and Top Secret" stating that "Everything has opened here very well so far as your affairs are concerned", referring to "Boniface" information [Enigma decrypts, ULTRA] about German forces in Italy, LSTs [landing...

Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC [Quebec, Canada] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] and War Cabinet marked "From: Octagon" and "Gunfire 112" and "Personal and Top Secret" on discussions on the plans for the Mediterranean theatre: not weakening General [Sir Harold] Alexander's [later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander in Chief of the Allied Armies in Italy] army, LSTs [landing craft] in the Adriatic, aiming for Vienna [Austria], and UNRRA [United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration]...

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Telegram from WSC [Quebec, Canada] to Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon] marked "From: Octagon" and "Gunfire 93" and "Personal and Top Secret" referring to [Eden's] "Cordite 150", giving his views on recognising the Italian government arguing "Why cannot you leave it alone and let things develop?", commenting on [Eden] visiting the President [Franklin Roosevelt], and his own arrangements for returning to Britain mentioning a cover plan. [Copy].

Scope and Contents Letter from Vera Lombardi [formerly Vera Arkwright] (Madrid [Spain]) to WSC asking him whether he would be able to help her return to Italy. She explains that she has escaped from Coco [Chanel] and the Germans and is due to return to Rome in January and relays a message from Randolph Churchill asking WSC to intervene. She explains that she had worked with Coco [Chanel] until 1937; had been taken to her in Paris [France] "by her orders and the methods of Her German friends"; is very concerned...

Scope and Contents Copy of a letter from Vera Lombardi [formerly Vera Arkwright] (Madrid [Spain]) to WSC asking him whether he would be able to help her return to Italy. She explains that she has escaped from Coco [Chanel] and the Germans and is due to return to Rome in January and relays a message from Randolph Churchill asking WSC to intervene. She explains that she had worked with Coco [Chanel] until 1937; had been taken to her in Paris [France] "by her orders and the methods of Her German friends"; is very...

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Draft message from WSC to Ivanoe Bonomi, President of the Council of Ministers, Rome [Italian Prime Minister] thanking him for his VE-Day message. [written by ?Nicholas Henderson, Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary; annotated by Prime Minister's Private Secretary John Peck and WSC's Secretary Patrick Kinna].

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Telegram from Ivanoe Bonomi [Italian Prime Minister] to WSC on the victory in Europe and the reaction in Italy.

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Letter from WSC to Count Nicolo Carandini [Italian Ambassador to Great Britain] thanking him for his letter and congratulations. [Carbon copy].

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Draft letter from WSC to Italian Government Representative [Count Nicolo Carandini, Italian Ambassador to Great Britain] thanking him for his letter and congratulations. [annotated by ?John Colville, Prime Minister's Private Secretary].

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Letter from the Nicolo Carandini [Italian Ambassador to Great Britain] (14 Three King's Yard, Davies Street, London) to WSC sending his congratulations and expressing his admiration for WSC's consideration towards Italy. [signed].

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Telegram from [Admiral] P Voulgaris, Prime Minister of Greece, (Athens) to WSC (10 Downing Street) congratulating the armies under the command of Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] on behalf of the people of Greece on the Allied victory in Italy and commenting on Greece's involvement.

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Telegram from [Admiral] P Voulgaris, Prime Minister of Greece, to WSC (10 Downing Street) congratulating the armies under the command of Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] on behalf of the people of Greece on the Allied victory in Italy and commenting on Greece's involvement. [Carbon copy].

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Telegram from the Australian Government to [Dominions Office] passing on message from Acting Prime Minister of Australia [Joseph Chifley] to WSC rejoicing at the Allied victory in the Italian campaign and asking WSC to convey Australian appreciation to [Field Marshal Sir Harold] Alexander [later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre], his commanders and troops.

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Letter from Maximilian Lobkowicz [Czechoslovakian Ambassador to Great Britain] (Czechoslovak Embassy, 8 Grosvenor Place [London]) to WSC conveying a delayed message from [Dr Eduard] Benes [President of Czechoslovakia, later Czech Republic and Slovakia] on the victory of the Allied Armies in Italy. [signed].

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Letter from Captain Robin Sanderson (Grenadier Guards Company, Guards' Battalion, IRTD, CMF) to WSC congratulating him on the fifth anniversary of his Premiership, wishing him well for the future, and commenting on events in Italy. [Copy; annotated by John Martin, Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary, to indicate that Sanderson was in charge of WSC's villa at Marrakesh, Morocco].

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Air letter from [Captain] Robin Sanderson (Grenadier Guards Company, Guards' Battalion, IRTD, CMF) to WSC congratulating him on the fifth anniversary of his Premiership, wishing him well for the future, and commenting on events in Italy. [signed manuscript; received 8 May].

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Letter from [Guy] Millard [Assistant Private Secretary] (Foreign Office) to [John] Colville [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] (10 Downing Street) enclosing a copy of a telegram containing a message from the Captains Regent [Casali and Valentini] and Foreign Secretary [Giacomini] of San Marino and a draft reply, and giving background information on San Marino's role in the war in Italy. [signed].

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Telegram from John Winant [United States Ambassador to Great Britain] to WSC marked "Secret" repeating the text of a note from the French Ambassador to the United States, Bonnet, to President Harry Truman giving General de Gaulle's [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic] views on the dispute between France and the United States and Britain in north-western Italy.

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Telegram from Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] to WSC marked "Personal" reporting a meeting between him and General Alphonse Juin, Chief of Staff to General de Gaulle [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic], on the dispute between France and the United States and Britain in north-western Italy.

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Telegram from Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] to WSC marked "Top Secret and Personal" asking his permission to settle arrangements for the withdrawal of French troops from Italy.

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Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] marked "Private, Personal and Top Secret" agreeing to Alexander [settling arrangements for the withdrawal of French troops from Italy].

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Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he will repeat to Truman the telegrams exchanged with Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre, on settling arrangements for the withdrawal of French troops from Italy]; and emphasising the importance of the united stand with the United States on this and other contentious matters.

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Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" repeating the exchange of telegrams with Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] on settling arrangements for the withdrawal of French troops from Italy.

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Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" acknowledging receipt of WSC's telegrams and approving Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander's [later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] actions [on settling arrangements for the withdrawal of French troops from Italy].