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] thanking him for the note on Soviet convoys, stressing the importance of controlling sea communications.

Letters from WSC to General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] on changes in Middle East command; offers him Iraq and Persia [Iran], with the Tenth Army; General Harold Alexander to command the Middle East and Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery the Eighth Army.

Letter from WSC to Marshal of the Royal Air Force 1st Lord Trenchard thanking him for paper on Bomber Command and defending bombing policy, but suggesting he overstated his case for an overall head of military strategy.

Letter from WSC to Henry Nimmo [Chief Engineering Inspector, Electricity Commission] thanking him for drawing attention to electrical generating stations in Germany as targets for bombing.

Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander- in-Chief, Middle East]to WSC regretting failure of "Battleaxe" [codename for offensive in western desert] and the loss of so many "tigercubs" [tanks].

Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [outgoing Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] commenting on the merits and demerits of Wavell returning to England before taking up his new command in India, and stating that he is "putting the point" to the Viceroy [Lord Linlithgow] [see CHAR 20/40/45 ].

Telegram from General Sir Claude Auchinleck [incoming Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC expressing thanks for the confidence which WSC has shown in him, and stating that he will arrive in Cairo [Egypt] by 30th and confer with General Sir Archibald Wavell [outgoing Commander-in-Chief, Middle East].

Typescript copy of telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [outgoing Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] commenting on the merits and demerits of Wavell returning to England before taking up his new command in India, and stating that he is "putting the point" to the Viceroy [Lord Linlithgow].[see CHAR 20/40/43 ].

Telegram from WSC to Viceroy of India [Lord Linlithgow] reciting text of message from General Sir Archibald Wavell outgoing Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] accepting his transfer to new post of Commander-in-Chief, India, and requesting a short period at home before taking up the new command.

Telegram from Sir Harold MacMichael [United Kingdom High Commissioner in Transjordan, later Jordan] reciting text of message from Emir Abdullah ibn Hussein [Emir of Transjordan, later Jordan] to WSC thanking the Allied Armies for the liberation of Damascus [Syria].

Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC reporting his discussion with President Roosevelt regarding timing of publicity relating to arrival of first contingent of United States forces in Iceland.

Telegram from General Arthur Smith [Chief of the General Staff, Middle East] to WSC on practical details of changeover between General Sir Archibald Wavell and General Sir Claude Auchinleck [as Commander-in-Chief, Middle East].

Telegram from Robert Menzies [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC on need to build up air and tank defences in Middle East following disappointment at Sollum.

Telegram from WSC to Sir Harold MacMichael [United Kingdom High Commissioner in Transjordan, later Jordan] reciting text of message to Emir Abdulla ibn Hussein [Emir of Transjordan, later Jordan] thanking him warmly for his message, and recalling "with pleasure the associations of 23 years ago".

Minute from [Major-General Hastings] Ismay [Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence] (Offices of the War Cabinet) to First Lord [of the Admiralty, WSC] giving the decision of the Chiefs of Staff that the post of Commander-in-Chief, North West Expeditionary Force, [?Major-General Pierse Mackesy] should cease to exist once his work has passed to the Flag Officer at Narvik [Norway, Admiral of the Fleet, 12th] Lord Cork [and Orrery].

Letter from WSC to [Major-General Hastings] Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence] and copied to Colonel [Ian] Jacob [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet] on the needless delay over operation "Paul" [mining of Scandinavian shipping channels to prevent ore being exported to Germany]; comments on the Illustrious being wasted when it is needed to collect aeroplanes from the United States. [carbon copy].

Minute from the 1st Sea Lord [Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound] to WSC informing him that after the evacuation of Narvik [Norway] is finished the Ark Royal will carry out Operation Paul [mining of Scandinavian shipping channels to prevent ore being exported to Germany] in a modified form. Annotated by WSC on 8 June: "Good".