Telegram from WSC to Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand [Arthur Fadden and Peter Fraser] on favourable situation in Japan following declaration from United States on Pacific, and Soviet commitment.

Telegram from WSC to [Franklin Roosevelt], President of the United States, on improvements to railway linking Persian Gulf to Caspian Sea; asks for loan of United States ships to transport British troops to Middle East.

Telegram from Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC on drought and low supplies in Cyprus; defences good.

Telegram from Prime Minister of Australia [Arthur Fadden] to WSC thanking him for his reassurances over Japan.

Telegram from Prime Minister of Australia, Arthur Fadden to WSC on decision to reconcentrate Australian Imperial Force in one corps and relief of division at Tobruk [Libya].

Telegram from Stalin to WSC thanking him for the aircraft but regretting they will be of little use due to German advances at Eastern Front; asks for a second front to be started in Balkans.

Telegram from WSC to Stalin: "no possibility of any British action in the West, except Air action" without Turkish help; provision of supplies from United States and Britain via Persian railway.

Telegram from General Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa, via British High Commissioner in South Africa [4th Lord Harlech, earlier William Ormsby-Gore] to WSC on German movement into Anatolia to attack Egypt; position of Turkey must be clarified and assistance offered to defend Middle East.

Telegram from WSC to Sir Stafford Cripps [British Ambassador to the Soviet Union] detailing why it is impossible to divert Germans from Russian front.

Telegram from Sir Stafford Cripps [British Ambassador to the Soviet Union] to WSC thanking him for his pledge for limited help; "I hope very much it will enable them to hold on till next Spring".

Telegram from Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC on negotiations over Djibouti [French Somaliland]; recommends continuing blockade not accepting Governor's terms.

Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Australia [Arthur Fadden] on German advance through Middle East; situation in Tobruk [Libya] in event of Turkey resisting and the Soviet Union collapsing.

Telegram from WSC to Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] rejecting Government of India's request to co-ordinate Middle East campaign; Lyttelton's geographical sphere extended to include Aden [later Yemen]; Foreign Office will deal with Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

Telegram from Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC enclosing message from Rucker of Force Nairobi to Lyttelton on strengthening blockade of Djibouti [French Somaliland].

Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, to WSC on need for improved naval defence of Tobruk [Libya] and aircraft support for relief of Australian garrison during October; suggests relief will undermine Libyan Desert offensive.

Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Australia [Arthur Fadden] on proposal by Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] not to evacuate Australian troops from Tobruk [Libya].

Telegram from Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC advising against relief of Australian garrison at Tobruk [Libya].

Telegram from Major-General Arthur Smith [? Chief of General Staff, Middle East] to WSC re article in Daily Herald; Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] wants publicity about strength in Middle East.

Telegram from WSC to Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, with War Office calculations of infantry strength.

Telegram from Sir Stafford Cripps [British Ambassador to the Soviet Union] to WSC and 1st Lord Beaverbrook [Minister of Supply, earlier Max Aitken] requesting trained staff, and transportation, to handle goods arriving in Archangel.

Telegram from Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander- in-Chief, Middle East, to WSC "continuance Supercharge [codename evacuation of Australians from Tobruk, Libya] ... will not be allowed to interfere with plans" [in Middle East].

Telegram from WSC to Stalin promising lorries as requested; also will uphold Soviet interests in Caspian Basin if Soviet divisions are required elsewhere.

Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] reiterating the request by General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] for Australian troops to remain in Tobruk [Libya] even if they do not participate in battle.

Telegram from WSC to Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] advising of his request to Australian Government to abandon evacuation from Tobruk [Libya].

Telegram from WSC to Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East]: will send Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid Freeman to Cairo [Egypt] to assess likely extent of enemy action; encloses telegram [reference T699] from Prime Minister of New Zealand [Peter Fraser] expressing concern about air support in Middle East campaign.