Second World War (1939-1945)
Found in 2737 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 19 Aug 1942
Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to General Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence] marked "most secret and personal" suggesting that it would be wise to describe "Jubilee" [Codename for raid on Dieppe, France] as a "Reconnaissance in force." Annotated, probably during writing of WSC's "The Second World War" c1948-1954.
(Untitled), 21 Aug 1942
Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] for War Cabinet, General Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence], and others concerned reporting on his visit to the Eighth Army in the Western Desert and commenting on the beneficial results of the changes in command in the Middle East and on the preparations for a battle with Rommel in Aug or Sep.
(Untitled), 21 Aug 1942
Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to First Sea Lord [Admiral Dudley Pound] marked "most secret and personal" asking him to cable the latest news of the progress of the ships carrying the Sherman tanks Annotated, probably during writing of WSC's "The Second World War" c1948-1954.
(Untitled), 23 Aug 1942
Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to Private Office for First Lord of the Admiralty [Albert Alexander, later Lord Alexander of Hillsborough] and First sea Lord [Admiral Dudley Pound] referring to the loss of the Australian Cruiser "Canberra" and asking them to consider the gift of a similar ship to the Royal Australian Navy.
(Untitled), 08 May 1942 - 31 Jul 1942
File of printed personal telegrams exchanged between WSC and General Claude Auchinleck [Commander in Chief Middle East] marked "most secret".
(Untitled), 26 Aug 1942 - 06 Sep 1942
File of printed personal telegrams exchanged between WSC and President Roosevelt regarding Operation "Torch" [Codename for operation in French North West Africa] marked "most secret" Annotated.
(Untitled), 07 Aug 1942
Copy of a telegram from [?] Captain R F Gore Browne forwarded to Commodore Horace Norman, Brigadier Francis de Guingand [Chief of Staff to 8th Army], Group Captain A J Rankin and Director CBME, giving [an Enigma decrypt] of a German situation report for the day, including bomber attacks in the Alamein area [Egypt], information on a Long Range Desert Group unit on the northern edge of the Qattara depression, and German and Italian serviceable tank strengths.
(Untitled), 06 [Aug] 1942 - 07 [Aug] 1942
(Untitled), 06 Aug 1942
(Untitled), 06 Aug 1942
(Untitled), 22 Feb 1943
(Untitled), 22 Feb 1943
(Untitled), 06 Dec 1942
Telegram from General Harold Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander in Chief Middle East] to WSC marked "personal and most secret" commenting on the advance of the Eighth Army in Libya.
(Untitled), 06 Dec 1942
Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "personal and most secret" agreeing that the British and American representatives in Moscow [Soviet Union] should mark time in relation to "Velvet" [Codename for Anglo-American air force for Russian southern flank in the Caucasus] but stating that he does not wish to give them the authority to call the enterprise off.
(Untitled), 06 Dec 1942
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and secret" agreeing with his telegram no. 227 [see CHAR 20/84/84].
(Untitled), 07 Dec 1942
Telegram from WSC to General Dwight D Eisenhower [Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] marked "most urgent personal and secret" commenting on the military and political situation in North Africa.
(Untitled), 07 Dec 1942
Telegram from WSC to General Harold Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander in Chief Middle East] marked "most secret and personal": "I am sure you are watching them like a cat does a mouse. It is a great help to me in my work when you keep in touch.".
(Untitled), 07 Dec 1942
Telegram from WSC to General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] marked "most secret" thanking him for the kindness of his statement and commenting on the fighting in Tunisia.
(Untitled), 06 Dec 1942
Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "personal and most secret" reciting the text of his message to Peter Fraser [Prime Minister of New Zealand] thanking him for his decision to leave the New Zealand Division in the Middle East.
(Untitled), 06 Dec 1942
Telegram from Premier Stalin to WSC marked "personal and secret" welcoming the idea of a meeting between the Heads of Governments but regretting that he will not be able to leave the Soviet Union and asking for a reply about the establishment of a second front in Western Europe and commenting on military operations within the Soviet Union.
(Untitled), 07 Dec 1942
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and most secret" reciting text of telegram of 6 Dec 1942 from Premier Stalin to WSC [see CHAR /20/84/91].
(Untitled), 07 Dec 1942
Telegram from Field Marshal Sir John Dill [Representative of the British Chiefs of Staff in Washington, United States] to WSC marked "personal" proposing "to go slow in selling this idea to Americans" and stating that "When we can get them to regard Round-Up [Codename for the invasion of France] as a probability next summer, the rest should be easy.".
(Untitled), 18 Jan 1943
Letter from WSC (Anfa Camp, Casablanca, Morocco) to Lieutenant-General Brehon Somervell [Commanding General of the Services of Supply, United States Army] marked "Secret" regarding the monthly figures for the loss rates of dry cargo ships for 1942, stressing that these figures included the heavy losses of Torch [Allied Invasion of French North Africa] and estimated that the rate for the next four months would be about two percent Signed in typescript.
(Untitled), 02 Oct 1943
(Untitled), [Jun 1941]
Telegram from WSC to Robert Menzies [Prime Minister of Australia] on start of attack in the west at dawn, following arrival of "Tiger" and "Jaguar" [Codenames for operations relating to reinforcements for Middle East].