Telegram from Commander-in-Chief, Middle East [Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck] to WSC on lack of troops to reinforce Iraq if Germans should switch advance from the Soviet Union to Syria and Middle East.

Telegram from WSC to Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] with a message for General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of Free French] to be passed on at Lyttelton's discretion suggesting the problems at the Syrian Conference were caused by mutual antagonism between Vichy and the Free French.

Telegram from General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of Free French] to WSC advising that armistice terms for Syria agreed between British and Vichy are opposed to Free French principles.

Telegram from Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC on General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of Free French] and Free French rejection of the British Armistice Convention and additional protocol with Vichy and Syria.

Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander- in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC blaming inadequate resources for failure to seize upon German preoccupation in the Soviet Union to hit enemy in Libya; his own priorities are to consolidate Cyprus and Syria and reorganise supplies. [See CHAR 20/41/15 - 18 for WSC's original telegram].

Telegram from General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of Free French] to WSC suggesting that the army of General Fernand Dentz [French High Commissioner in Syria] should not be repatriated as Vichy troops are following German orders.

Telegram from Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC: agreement settled with General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of Free French] on Syrian Armistice; problems over Vichy troops swearing not to rally to Free French.

Telegram from Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon] (Gibraltar) to WSC reporting on probable German intentions for Libya, particularly Tripoli, suggesting a counter-attack from Malta.

Telegram from WSC to President of the Council, Athens [Greece, Koryzis] thanking him for his message on the naval victory at Cape Matapan [Greece].

Telegram from WSC to General [Sir Archibald] Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] advocating the strong defence of Tobruk [Libya], stating: "From here it seems unthinkable that the fortress of Tobruk should be abandoned without offering the most prolonged resistance".

Telegram from WSC to General [Sir Archibald] Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, endorsing his decision to hold Tobruk [Libya].

Telegram from WSC to General [Sir Archibald] Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, advising that the defence of Tobruk [Libya]: "is one of the crucial fights in the history of the British Army".

Telegram from "Former Naval Person" [WSC] to President [Franklin] Roosevelt on: a "momentous cable" [see CHAR 20/37/97]; Marshal [Philippe] Petain's [Chief of French State] promise not to move the "Dunquerque" without Roosevelt's agreement; US declarations about the Red Sea; British defence of the Nile Valley [Egypt] and Tobruk [Libya].

Telegram from WSC to [Sir Ronald Campbell, British Minister to Yugoslavia] (Vrnjaska Banja [Yugoslavia, now Serbia]) refusing to send British ships up the Adriatic north of Valona [Vlore, Albania] but stating that as a last resort they will send a submarine for the evacuation of the King [Peter II].

Telegram from WSC to [Lieutenant-]General [Sir Henry] Wilson [General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, British Troops in Greece] (Athens) advising the Greek Western Army to cover their means of retreat from Albania into Greece; the King [George II] should stay in Greece unless forced to retreat to Cyprus.

Telegram from WSC to General [Sir Archibald] Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] with congratulations for action at Tobruk [Libya], emphasising its importance as a "sally-port".

[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 WSC to acting Prime Minister of Australian Commonwealth [Arthur Fadden] advising that [Robert] Menzies [Prime Minister of Australia] is needed in Britain for the duration of crisis in the Balkans and Libya; reporting on action at Tobruk [Libya].

Telegram from General [Sir Archibald] Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, to WSC stating: "Tobruk [Libya] now isolated" and "situation of Greek Army . . . dangerous".

Telegram from WSC to Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, [General Sir Archibald Wavell] (Athens [Greece]) advising preparations for withdrawal as "we cannot remain in Greece against wish of Greek Commander-in-Chief"; suggesting Crete should be "held in force" to defend King [George II] of Greece and the Government.

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 WSC to Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East [Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore] sending congratulations on the defence of Tobruk, Libya, and commenting on the quantities of equipment being sent to him.

Telegram from Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East [Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore] to WSC thanking him for his message of support to Libyan squadrons and expressing his confidence in RAF, Middle East.