Telegram from the President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt, to Harry Hopkins [Special adviser and assistant to President Roosevelt] for WSC containing several observations on the proposal to send American planes to India.

Telegram from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] to Harry Hopkins [Special adviser and assistant to President Roosevelt] for WSC concerning shipping and the decision to lay up all tankers operating on the Atlantic Coast.

Telegram from John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia, expressing uneasiness on the sinkings of HMS Dorsetshire, HMS Cornwall and HMS Hermes and asking for more information on the naval situation in the Far East.

Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, India, containing extracts of a telegram [on the situation in Burma, later Myanmar] from Generalissimo Chiang-Kai-shek [Chinese Nationalist leader] to WSC. [See CHAR 20/73/120-123].

Telegram from WSC to General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] asking him about "puff-balls" for use against tanks. [See CHAR 20/74/4 for reply].

Telegram from the Middle East Defence Committee to WSC and the Chiefs of Staff recommending that Lieutenant-General Sir William Dobbie [Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Malta] should be relieved and replaced by a young and vigorous Civil Governor.

Telegram from Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC commenting on operation "Ironclad" [occupation of Diego Suarez, Madagascar]: suggests that the towns of Tamatave and Majunga should also be occupied rendering the surrender of the whole island inevitable; offers to despatch a bomber squadron from Lindi [Tanzania] as soon as Diego aerodrome has been secured; comments on the need to rupture relations with Vichy France.

Telegram from Sir Walter Monckton [Director General of British Propaganda and Information Services, Cairo, Egypt] to WSC asking him to grant special additional quotas of immediate awards for gallantry in Malta. With annotation by WSC referring the matter to Sir Edward Bridges, Secretary to the War Cabinet, for action.

Telegram from the Governor of Malta [Lieutenant- General Sir William Dobbie] regarding the need for "most drastic action" to gain and maintain air superiority if Malta is to be held; comments on recent Spitfire losses and the urgent need for supplies.

Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, India] reporting from Colombo on his visit to Ceylon [later Sri Lanka].

Telegram from WSC to Lieutenant General Sir William Dobbie [Governor of Malta] informing him of the Cabinet decision to send Richard Casey [Minister of State in the Middle East] to Malta.

Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt]: comments on the contents of immediately following telegram [see CHAR 20/74/19-21]; comments on the situation in Malta and asks if USS Wasp can be used to carry Spitfire reinforcements; accepts proposals about dispositions of American heavy ships in the Atlantic.

Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] regarding immediate plans: comments on Malta, operation "Ironclad" [codename for operation against Diego Suarez, Madagascar], the Home Fleet, the Eastern Fleet, and the possibility of Admiral Sir James Somerville [Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet] escorting a major convoy to Malta.

Telegram from Harry Hopkins [Special adviser and assistant to the President of the United States] to WSC regarding accumulations of shipping for the Soviet Union and asking if more ships can be carried in the next convoys in order to clear this up.

Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] regarding plans to attack Madagascar (operation "Ironclad"): suggests the possibility of amphibious operations against Tamatave and Majunga once established at Diego Suarez; expresses gratitude for Smuts's offer of a bomber squadron and states that he will cable again on the question of the subsequent garrison of "Ironclad".

Telegram from Sir Walter Monckton [Director General of British Propaganda and Information Services, Cairo, Egypt] to WSC commenting on his observations on the Governor of Malta [Lieutenant-General Sir William Dobbie] and expressing his concern that the decision to send the Minister of State in the Middle East [Richard Casey] to Malta will delay the Governor's removal.

Telegram from WSC to General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, asking for his comments on the discrepancy between his estimate of German tank numbers in Eastern Cyrenaica [Libya] and the number identified by special information [? Enigma].

Telegram from WSC to Sir Walter Monckton [Director General of British Propaganda and Information Services, Cairo, Egypt] regarding the position of Lieutenant-General Sir William Dobbie [Governor of Malta]; explains the reasons behind the decision to send a member of the War Cabinet to Malta and accuses Monckton of a considerable delay in apprising the Cabinet of his views.

Telegram from WSC to Generalissimo Chiang-Kai-shek [Chinese Nationalist Leader] thanking him for his telegram about the state of affairs in Burma [later Myanmar] and commenting on the difficulties in providing air support. [See CHAR 20/73/120-123 for Chiang-Kai-shek's telegram].

Telegram from WSC to the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] regarding the naval position in the Far East: describes ship movements and losses between 4 April and 9 April resulting from Japanese raids on Colombo [Ceylon, later Sri Lanka] and Trincomalee [Ceylon]; comments on the relative strengths of Britain, the United States and Japan in aircraft carriers, aircraft and personnel; comments on future policy on the Eastern Fleet.