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 Lord Halifax [British Ambassador to the United States, earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] to WSC reporting on his meeting with the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] and Harry Hopkins [Special adviser and assistant to Roosevelt] late last night regarding Australian representation in the Pacific area and the Australian division in the Middle East.

Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] regarding the project to send supplies from the United States to French North Africa: comments on the value of contacts between the United States and Vichy France but asks that nothing should interfere with operation "IRONCLAD" [operation against Diego Suarez, Madagascar]; comments on the operation and proposes dropping leaflets suggesting the attack was Anglo-American.

Telegram from Sir Stafford Cripps [Lord Privy Seal] (India) regarding the mass of information circulating in India about the fall of Singapore and suggesting that the Viceroy [and Governor-General of India, 2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun] carry out a private enquiry.

Telegram from the Lord Privy Seal [Sir Stafford Cripps] (India) to WSC regarding the critical issue of responsibility for the defence of India: comments that whilst Britain cannot give up any of the responsibility for defence there is a need to raise the keenness of Indians to defend their country, and encloses the text of a paragraph for approval before publication.

Telegram from WSC to the Lord Privy Seal [Sir Stafford Cripps] (India) authorising proposed amendment to the clause [on responsibility for the defence of India, see CHAR 20/72/122] and suggesting minor changes to the wording; states that he is glad that Cripps has made it clear that his mission does not extend to Ceylon [later Sri Lanka]. Annotated that [? Gerard Clauson], India Office, is circulating to those it may concern, including the [? Minister of Information, Brendan Bracken].