Minute from WSC to [Major-]General [Hastings] Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence] asking if the "Mowinckle Plan" will prevent the laying of mines in the approach to Lulea [Sweden], thus interfering with Operation Paul [to prevent ore being exported to Germany]. [annotated copy].

Minute from WSC to [Major-]General [Hastings] Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence] requiring mines to be laid in the approach to Lulea [Sweden] before the evacuation of Narvik [Norway]; asks for a plan to be drawn up using flights from aircraft-carriers. [copy].

Minute from WSC to [Major-]General [Hastings] Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence] on obstructing German ships from removing ore from Lulea [Sweden]; suggests planting "vegetables" [mines]. [copy].

Letter from WSC to Robert Morgan advising that he should feel assured rather than "disquieted" about the favourable turn of affairs in Far East relations, particularly with Japan.

Letter from WSC to Joan Vickers thanking her for her letter on the burial of civilian war casualties and enclosing a memorandum on the subject.

Letter from WSC to General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of Free French] informing him that General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] is anxious to use a Free French Brigade immediately in the Cyrenaican [Libyan] operations.

Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Woolton [Minister of Food, earlier Frederick Marquis] advising that he postpone rationing of sweets and chocolate until they can be brought into the Points Scheme.

Letter from General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC with information as requested advising that the air route between Takoradi [Gold Coast, later Ghana] and Khartoum [Sudan] should be made a permanent passage; praises Indian troops.

Letter from WSC to 4th Lord Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne] thanking him for his letter on the decision of the Watching Committee on the Coal situation; suggests supplies of coal will comfortably last the winter as ex-miners have been brought back from other industries.

Letter from Major-General John Kennedy [Director of Military Operations, War Office] to WSC justifying his position on the Middle East, explaining that he does believe they will be victorious but he is worried about the cost; with reply from WSC agreeing to disagree.

Proof copy of "The Twenty-Five Days" by John Masefield. [Printed, separate item in box].

Telegram from Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC on bitterness of Free French and General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of Free French].

Telegram from Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC on General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of Free French]'s mistrust of the English over Syria and negotiations concerning a Free French navy.

Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander- in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC requesting transfer of Major- General Alan Cunningham [General Officer Commanding East Africa Forces] from East Africa to Libyan Desert.

Telegram from [Franklin Roosevelt] President of the United States to WSC on discussions with the Japanese Ambassador to the United States [Kichisaburo Nomura]; Roosevelt insisted that hostile actions by the Japanese Government in the Pacific must cease before informal talks could recommence.

Telegram from the Prime Minister of South Africa [General Jan Smuts] to WSC reporting on trip to Middle East with predictions of direction of war in future months.

Telegram from Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC relating the decision by Major-General Alan Cunningham [General Officer Commanding- in-Chief, 8th Imperial Army in Middle East] to continue to blockade Djibouti [French Somaliland] rather than attack as Vichy will not surrender if General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of Free French] and Free French are involved in assault.

Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander- in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC on projected German and Italian progress over the summer especially in Tobruk [Libya].

Telegram from WSC to Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] insisting that if Djibouti [earlier French Somaliland] will surrender to the British the complaints of General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of Free French] should be ignored.

Telegram from the British High Commissioner in South Africa [4th Lord Harlech, earlier William Ormsby-Gore] to WSC on his recent visit to Middle East; more tanks needed in Libyan Desert before Germans return from Soviet front; agrees that Imperial War Cabinet a bad idea.

Telegram from WSC to Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] and Commander-in-Chief, Middle East [Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck] advising blockade of Djibouti [French Somaliland] and acceptance of Vichy surrender even if dependent on Free French exclusion.

Telegram from British High Commissioner in South Africa [4th Lord Harlech, earlier William Ormsby-Gore] to WSC on behalf of General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] suggesting the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East [Major-General Sir Alan Cunningham] attack the Germans in Africa before October.

Telegram from Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC advising that Djibouti [French Somaliland] will not surrender to the British unconditionally and to exclude the Free French from any deal would break General Sir Archibald Wavell [former Commander-in-Chief, Middle East]'s written promise to General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of Free French].