Telegram from General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC on Japanese threat to the Pacific which must be countered by United States Navy.

Telegrams from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on battle in Libyan desert; prisoner of war figures (T 1067); Royal Dragoons occupied Benghazi (T 1068); Indian forces have occupied Barce [later Al Marj] (T 1069); Churchill tanks rusted in transit, need refitting (T 1070).

Telegram from WSC to Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] asking him to spare United States tanks and aeroplanes from Acrobat [codename for the operation against Tripoli, Libya], to defend Malaya [later Malaysia] and Singapore; United States will send troops to Northern Ireland, bomb Germany from Britain, and support Gymnast [codename for the plans for the British occupation of North West Africa].

Telegram from WSC to John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] on defence of Malaya [later Malaysia], Singapore and Philippines; "it would be quite impossible ... to make a bargain with Stalin involving forcible transferring of large populations ... into communist spheres". [See CHAR 20/47/120-121 for Curtin's reply].

Telegrams from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck to WSC on battle in Libyan desert; Germans near Agedabia [Ajdabiyah], Italians near Ghemines.

Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on battle in Libyan desert.

Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on battle in Libyan desert; enemy defence of Agedabia [Ajdabiyah]; lists equipment and troops which could be spared for defence of Far East.

Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell appointing him Supreme Commander of Allied Forces, South West Pacific; with agreement with the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] on the war aims of Britain and the United States, structure of command and areas of influence.

Telegram from Government of New Zealand to WSC expressing confidence in General Sir Archibald Wavell [Supreme Commander of Allied Forces, South West Pacific]; feels proposals need greater emphasis on naval power to succeed against Japanese; asked for clarification on protection of New Zealand.

Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC with message from Lieutenant-General Neil Ritchie [Commander of 8th Army] on battle in Libyan desert; recent tank encounters; enemy will stand at Agedabia [Ajdabiyah].

Telegram from William Bullitt [Special representative of Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States, in the Near East] and the Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC and Roosevelt debating invasion of Tunisia following discussions with General Georges Catroux [Commander-in-Chief, Free French in the Levant].

Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC noting tank casualties and a request by Lieutenant-General Neil Ritchie [Commander of 8th Army] for reinforcements.

Minute from WSC to Major-General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to WSC] for Chiefs of Staff Committee on counter-offensive to Japanese advance into China and Burma [later Myanmar]; envelope at folio 20.

Telegram from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] to WSC agreeing to advance start date of Torch [codename of the Allied invasion of North West Africa] and the announcement of General Dwight Eisenhower's command [as Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces in North Africa].

Letter from King George VI to WSC congratulating him on the 8th Army's victory in Egypt [at El Alamein]; with reply and envelope.

Letter from WSC to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek on appointment of Sir Horace Seymour as British Ambassador to China; reviews the war in the Far East.

Letter from WSC to Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond agreeing that Trincomalee and Ceylon [later Sri Lanka] are in danger.

Letter from WSC to Sir Patrick Hannon on Japanese atrocities in Hong Kong.

Letter from WSC to Marshal of the RAF 1st Lord Trenchard advocating unrestricted bombing offensive against Germany and on the harm done by public criticism.

Letter from WSC to Stanley Bruce [High Commissioner for Australia in London] on promises to Australia on the diversion of troops to combat Japanese invasion.

Letter from WSC to 6th Lord Gort [Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta] hoping to send a convoy of supplies to Malta in June, and Spitfires immediately.

Letter from WSC to Field-Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] on progress of operation Ironclad [codename for British occupation of Diego Suarez, Madagascar] and need to secure Malta; hopes he will visit Britain from the Middle East.

Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Hankey on a suggested bombing campaign: a matter not "of principle ... but of ... available resources".

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.