Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC on possible joint United States and British protection for the Portuguese Atlantic islands (Azores and Cape Verde); and the suggestion that United States might assume responsibility for occupation of Iceland, and that in the future American pilots might transport planes for Britain as far as Iceland.

Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC reporting that "United States warships are in fact cruising around the islands" [?Atlantic Islands, Azores and Cape Verde].

Telegram from WSC to General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] on the commitment of the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] to attacking Axis ships within proscribed waters.

Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] on German attacks on Atlantic convoys and security measures to prevent sabotage and protect crew. [1st page only].

Printed paper by WSC for the War Cabinet entitled "Statement by the First Lord to the French Admiralty"; discusses the uses of "asdics" [anti-submarine detection indicator], the necessity of defeating U-boats to control the seas, and future strategy.

Telegram from General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC on probable German fronts for the summer: he believes Hitler will attack Britain before Ukraine or Caucasus [Soviet Union]; to invade Britain requires prior bombing of ports, aerodromes, munitions and industrial centres; war of attrition in Atlantic and heavy attack on Mediterranean basin. [Copy].

Telegram from WSC to President [Franklin] Roosevelt on shipping protection against U-boats. [first page only of message, second page at CHAR 20/37/91].

Telegram from "former naval person" [WSC] to President [Franklin] Roosevelt on naval escorts.

[Telegram from WSC to President Franklin Roosevelt on shipping protection against U-boats; second page of message, first page at CHAR 20/37/25].

Telegram from "former naval person" [WSC] to President [Franklin Roosevelt] on: a change in United States policy on the Atlantic [see further CHAR 20/37/113-115]; uncertainty of the Greek situation; confidence in the Libyan-Egyptian position; reporting on the sinking of a German-Italian convoy off Malta.

Telegram from President [Franklin Roosevelt] to the Former Naval Person [WSC] on the United States' change of policy in the Atlantic: to include the extension of the security zone to whole of North Atlantic west of longitude 25 degrees; informing the United Kingdom of the position of aggressor ships; escorting of British convoys. [see also CHAR 20/37/97].

Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt regarding U-boats in the Atlantic; and detailing assistance required.

Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt thanking him for naval support in the Atlantic, referring to "Navy Western Hemisphere defence plan no. 2", and commenting on fighting in Greece and Libya.

Letter from WSC to Stanley Bruce [High Commissioner for Australia in London] thanking him for the note on Soviet convoys, stressing the importance of controlling sea communications.

Letter from WSC to David Robertson explaining that an Anti-U-boat Warfare Committee is considering the need for specialist aircraft to protect shipping.

Letter from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] with major points of joint strategy: expansion of shipping convoys against U-boat attack; increase of food imports in 1943; more American troops to Britain; increasing bombing, night bombing and using aircraft against U-boats.