Telegram from WSC to General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] marked "most secret and personal" informing him of decision to divert the 8th Armoured Division and the 44th Division from South Africa to the Middle East, and commenting on reasons why these troops are no longer required in Australia or India.

Telegram from the Minister of State in the Middle East [Richard Casey] to WSC marked "most secret" regarding the need for co-ordination of plans with the Soviet Union against the possibility of a German attack through the Caucasus in the autumn and suggesting ways in which the political obstacles might be overcome.

Telegram from General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander- in-Chief, Middle East] marked "personal and secret" to WSC thanking him for his "most encouraging and understanding telegram" and commenting on allied losses.

Telegram from the High Commissioner for Britain in South Africa [4th Lord Harlech, earlier William Ormsby-Gore] to WSC marked "most secret and personal" informing WSC of the grave apprehension of Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] that information about allied forces in Diego Suarez [Madagascar] and the Mozambique Channel will reach the enemy if Armand Annet [Vichy French Governor-General of Madagascar] is allowed to continue communicating freely with Vichy France.

Telegram from WSC to General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] marked "most immediate" "personal" and "secret" regarding the battle in the Libyan desert: asks for clarification regarding the withdrawal by Lieutenant-General Neil Ritchie [General Officer Commanding Eighth Army]; presumes there is no question of giving up Tobruk [Libya]; expresses pleasure at the decision to bring the New Zealand Division into the Western Desert and asks for details of its deployment.

Telegram from General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander- in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC marked "most immediate", "personal" and "secret" informing WSC of the orders he has issued to Lieutenant-General Neil Ritchie [General Officer Commanding Eighth Army] and confirming that the New Zealand Division is already moving.

Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] marked "personal and secret" reciting the text of a draft message that WSC prepared for General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] but did not send [see CHAR 20/76/121] and commenting on the chance afforded to the Eighth Army by the enemy attack of delivering a "preconceived rupturing counter-stroke".

Telegram from WSC to Premier Joseph Stalin marked "immediate, personal and secret" suggesting that the Germans may be contemplating an attack on Murmansk [Soviet Union], asking for his opinion on joint operations in the area and asking whether Stalin wishes for the six squadrons of the RAF mentioned in his aide-memoire to Vyacheslav Molotov [Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs].

Telegram from WSC to General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] marked "most immediate, personal and secret" regarding the battle in the Libyan desert and commenting on the re-grouping of the Eighth Army, the intention to hold Tobruk [Libya], and on battle tactics and the need to regain the initiative.

Telegram from the Minister of State in the Middle East [Richard Casey] to WSC marked "most secret and personal" stating that "Vigorous" [codename for Eastern Mediterranean Convoy to Malta] is returning to Alexandria [Egypt] but that "This does not mean that we have given up all hope" and stressing importance of retaining the Liberator Squadron from the United States to attack Italian heavy ships.

Telegram from General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander- in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC marked "personal and secret" confirming the orders given to Lieutenant-General Neil Ritchie [General Officer Commanding Eighth Army] and commenting on the ability to defend Tobruk [Libya].

Telegram from the Minister of State in the Middle East [Richard Casey] to WSC marked "most secret and personal" putting the case for a force of modern high-speed heavy bombers that could be used in the Mediterranean to menace the enemy's lines of supply and end his control of the sea.

Telegram from Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC marked "most secret and personal" commenting on the battle in the Libyan desert: agrees with the text of WSC's draft message to General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] and comments on the "defensive spirit" of "our Commands"; comments on the implications of an initiative by General Erwin Rommel [Commander of the German Afrika Korps]; states that "Position at moment looks grave.".

Telegram from General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander- in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC marked "private and most secret" complaining about the campaign in the British press attributing the deteriorating situation in Libya to the failure of the RAF to support the Army and the Malta convoys.