Telegram from Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] to WSC marked "most secret" thanking WSC for the information about the Middle East, but stressing the "vital importance" of the return of the 9th Division of the Australian Imperial Force to Australia as soon as possible, and asking WSC to use his personal interest in ensuring the fullest co-operation by all concerned.

Telegram from WSC to General MacCreary [General Richard McCreery, Chief of General Staff Middle East] marked "personal" asking to know how Shermans and self -propelled 105's have fared.

Telegram from Minister of State in the Middle East [Richard Casey] to WSC marked "personal and secret" reporting that he has spent the last 24 hours in forward area with General Harold Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander in Chief Middle East] and Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery [General Officer Commanding Eighth Army]: "They fully realise importance of achieving break through at earliest possible moment and are directing themselves strenuously to this end.".

Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] marked "most secret and personal" confirming that he understands his wishes and assuring him of his personal interest [regarding the return of the 9th Division of the Australian Imperial Force from the Middle East to Australia].

Telegram from WSC to Chief of the General Staff Middle East [General Richard McCreery] marked "personal" asking to know best estimate of Eighth Army casualties and for information on recovery of wounded Eighth Army tanks.

Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and secret" suggesting two changes to the President's proposed press release regarding "Torch" [codename for Anglo American occupation of French North West Africa].

Telegram from WSC to Air Marshal Arthur Tedder [Air Officer Commanding in Chief Middle East] marked "most secret" congratulating him on the success of attacks against the enemy and asking him to compliment [Air Marshal Arthur] Coningham [Commander Desert Air Force]. WSC recalls his visit to [the Western Desert] "I was sure then that great days lay ahead. Those days have come, and you are all playing a glorious part in them." Typescript.

Telegram from [General Harold] Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander in Chief Middle East] to WSC marked "personal" in which he passes on reports from the Western Desert that there is great satisfaction with Sherman [tanks] as the position of their guns permits them to be concealed and that they are successfully destroying enemy tanks at a range of 2,000 yards. He adds that 105mm "S P" guns have also "done well". Typescript.

Telegram from General [Harold] Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander in Chief Middle East] to WSC marked "personal" thanking him for his encouraging message and commenting "Enemy is fighting desperately but we are hitting him hard and continuously and boring into him without mercy [a reference to the Second Battle of El Alamein, Egypt]." Typescript.

Telegram from [Air Marshal Arthur] Tedder [Air Officer Commanding in Chief Middle East] to WSC marked "secret and personal" thanking him for his inspiring message and reporting "We are all at full throttle and determined to make a job of it" [a reference to the Second Battle of El Alamein, Egypt]. Typescript.

Telegram from [General Harold Alexander, later Lord Alexander of Tunis] Commander in Chief Middle East to WSC marked "personal" reporting casualties [in the Second Battle of El Alamein, Egypt] including 695 officers and 9,435 soldiers of other ranks killed, wounded or missing and reporting that 213 wounded tanks have also been recovered. Typescript.

Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and secret" in which he says that reports from Egypt confirm his confidence in a decisive victory [a reference to the Second Battle of El Alamein, Egypt] and that it will be difficult for [Field Marshal Erwin] Rommel to disengage his army to the south. He also expresses pleasure at news from the Solomon Islands and New Guineau. Carbon typescript signed with initials.

Telegram from [General Harold] Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander in Chief Middle East] to WSC marked "most immediate" reporting successes against the enemy [in the Second Battle of El Alamein] in Egypt. He notes that the 8th Army has inflicted a severe defeat on [Field Marshal Erwin] Rommel 's German and Italian forces and that the enemy is retreating. Typescript.

Telegram from "Former Naval Person" [WSC] to President Roosevelt marked "personal and secret" relaying the contents of a telegram from [General Harold] Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander in Chief Middle East] reporting successes against the enemy [in the Second Battle of Alamein] in Egypt [see CHAR 20/82/25]. Typescript.

Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "most secret and personal" suggesting that they should send their representatives in Moscow [Soviet Union] the instructions proposed by the Combined Chiefs of Staff regarding "Velvet" [Codename for Anglo-American air force for Russian southern flank in the Caucasus] and reciting the proposed instructions which oppose Soviet proposals to send only aircraft or aircraft and crews.

Telegram from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC marked "most secret and personal" regarding the return of the Australian 9th Division from the Middle East: Comments on the campaign in New Guinea [later Papua New Guinea and part of Indonesia] and its implications for Australian manpower; lists essential equipment which should be shipped back to Australia with the troops; comments on communication with President Roosevelt.

Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "personal and most secret" expressing his full agreement with WSC's telegram on the subject of "Velvet" [Codename for Anglo-american air force for Russian southern flank in the Caucasus] and confirming that the American representative in Moscow [Soviet Union] will be guided by the instructions contained therein [see CHAR 20/84/98].

Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and secret" expressing his concerns about conditions in French Morocco and Algeria, where an inability to exercise control over the local French authorities has led to a resurgence of Fascist activity, and suggesting that such "good friends" as Generals Emile Bethouard and Charles Mast are appointed to high military commands.

Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] marked "most secret and personal" commenting on the arrangements to return the 9th Division to Australia from the Middle East and on plans to make two more aircraft carriers available in the Pacific.