Second World War (1939-1945)
Found in 2737 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 02 Jul 1942
Telegram from Minister of State in the Middle East [Richard Casey] to WSC marked "personal and most secret" regarding the French fleet in Alexandria [Egypt] and arguing that there would be no point in denouncing the agreement with the French Admiral as this might lead to a battle between the British and French fleets at the same time as the battle is proceeding at El Alamein [Egypt].
(Untitled), 03 Jul 1942
(Untitled), 03 Jul 1942
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and secret" regarding the French fleeet in Alexandria [Egypt]: states that French ships must be made to obey the orders of the British Naval Commander in Chief [ Admiral Henry Harwood] if and when he orders them through the Suez Canal; agrees that they will be offered protective custody of the United States on emerging from the Canal; confirms that action will not be taken until the land battle has been lost.
(Untitled), 03 Jul 1942
Telegram from Lieutenant-General Thomas Corbett [Chief of General Staff Middle East] to WSC marked "private and most secret" answering his inquiries regarding the battle in Egypt and commenting on the use of special source messages [ULTRA intelligence], the movements of 8 Armoured Division and 9 Australian Division, restricted tank movement in Nile Delta and the progress of inundations.
(Untitled), 04 Jul 1942
(Untitled), 04 Jul 1942
Telegram from WSC to Harry Hopkins [Special adviser and Assistant to the President of the united States] marked "personal and secret" informing him that he is sending him his own personal return of shipping losses for the first six months of 1942 [see CHAR 20/77/66] and commenting on the "remorselessly increasing losses of American and American-controlled shipping.".
(Untitled), 04 Jul 1942
Sheet marked secret of weekly totals of merchant tonnage sunk by enemy action in the period January to June 1942 [Sent by WSC to Harry Hopkins, see CHAR 20/77/65].
(Untitled), 04 Jul 1942
Telegram from WSC to Air Chief Marshal Arthur Tedder [Air Officer Commander in Chief Mediterranean] praising the role of the Royal Air Force in the battle for Egypt: "The days of the Battle of Britain are being repeated far from home.".
(Untitled), 04 Jul 1942
Telegram from WSC to General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander in Chief Middle East] expressing his satisfaction with the way things seem to be going in Egypt.
(Untitled), 05 Jul 1942
Telegram from WSC to General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] marked "most secret and personal" reporting on the various types of heavy bomber operating in Egypt and opposing the transfer of the main bombing offensive from Germany to the Middle East.
(Untitled), 05 Jul 1942
Telegram from Air Marshal Arthur Tedder [Air Officer Commander in Chief Mediterranean] to WSC marked "personal" thanking him for his inspiring message: "All of us are determined to do our utmost and more to help the Army to clear the enemy out of Africa.".
(Untitled), 06 Jul 1942
Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander in Chief India] marked "personal and secret" questioning Wavell's reasons for delaying offensive operations from India and his request for 1150 first-line aircraft.
(Untitled), 06 Jul 1942
Telegram from WSC to Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] marked "personal and secret" asking whether he has taken any decision about not publishing American shipping losses.Initialled.
(Untitled), 07 Jul 1942
(Untitled), 07 Jul 1942
Telegram from John Curtin (Prime Minister of Australia) to WSC marked "most secret" accepting WSC's amended proposals regarding the monthly delivery of Spitfires and describing Japanese raid no. 67 on Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea] on 4 July.
(Untitled), 07 Jul 1942
(Untitled), 07 Jul 1942
Telegram from Minister of State in the Middle East [Richard Casey] to WSC and Secretaries of State for War and Air asking that special steps be taken to supply those emergency requirements for the army in the Middle East which are listed in his immediately following telegram [see CHAR 20/77/84-86].
(Untitled), 07 Jul 1942
Telegram from Minister of State in the Middle East [Richard Casey] to WSC and Secretaries of State for War and Air listing the equipment which is urgently required by the army in the Middle East [see also CHAR 20/77/83].
(Untitled), 08 Jul 1942
(Untitled), 07 Jul 1942
Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC confirming that Stalin has no objection to the transfer of the forty Bostons from Basra [Iraq] to Egypt and that instructions have gone forward to transfer the planes at once.
(Untitled), 07 Jul 1942
Telegram from Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] to WSC informing him that no decision has yet been made as to the change of policy relative to American shipping losses but that the matter is now under discussion.
(Untitled), 08 Jul 1942
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt suggesting that General George Marshall [Chief of the United States Army] be asked to undertake command of "maximum Bolero" [Codename for preparations for main Allied invasion of France] in 1943.
(Untitled), 08 Jul 1942
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt expressing his hope that the appointment of a United States Commander for "Bolero" [Codename for preparations for main Allied invasion of France] will not prejudice operations of immediate consequence such as "Gymnast" [Codename for operations in French North West Africa].