Telegram from WSC to General [Sir Archibald] Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] hoping he will be able to hold Tobruk [Libya]; asks for all communiques to be released through London.

Telegram from Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon] (Gibraltar) to WSC reporting on probable German intentions for Libya, particularly Tripoli, suggesting a counter-attack from Malta.

Telegram from WSC to President of the Council, Athens [Greece, Koryzis] thanking him for his message on the naval victory at Cape Matapan [Greece].

Telegram from WSC to General [Sir Archibald] Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] advocating the strong defence of Tobruk [Libya], stating: "From here it seems unthinkable that the fortress of Tobruk should be abandoned without offering the most prolonged resistance".

Telegram from WSC to General [Sir Archibald] Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, endorsing his decision to hold Tobruk [Libya].

Telegram from WSC to General [Sir Archibald] Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, advising that the defence of Tobruk [Libya]: "is one of the crucial fights in the history of the British Army".

Telegram from "Former Naval Person" [WSC] to President [Franklin] Roosevelt on: a "momentous cable" [see CHAR 20/37/97]; Marshal [Philippe] Petain's [Chief of French State] promise not to move the "Dunquerque" without Roosevelt's agreement; US declarations about the Red Sea; British defence of the Nile Valley [Egypt] and Tobruk [Libya].

Telegram from WSC to [Sir Ronald Campbell, British Minister to Yugoslavia] (Vrnjaska Banja [Yugoslavia, now Serbia]) refusing to send British ships up the Adriatic north of Valona [Vlore, Albania] but stating that as a last resort they will send a submarine for the evacuation of the King [Peter II].

Telegram from WSC to [Lieutenant-]General [Sir Henry] Wilson [General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, British Troops in Greece] (Athens) advising the Greek Western Army to cover their means of retreat from Albania into Greece; the King [George II] should stay in Greece unless forced to retreat to Cyprus.

Telegram from WSC to General [Sir Archibald] Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] with congratulations for action at Tobruk [Libya], emphasising its importance as a "sally-port".

[Telegram from WSC to President Franklin Roosevelt on shipping protection against U-boats; second page of message, first page at CHAR 20/37/25].

Telegram from WSC to acting Prime Minister of Australian Commonwealth [Arthur Fadden] advising that [Robert] Menzies [Prime Minister of Australia] is needed in Britain for the duration of crisis in the Balkans and Libya; reporting on action at Tobruk [Libya].

Telegram from General [Sir Archibald] Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, to WSC stating: "Tobruk [Libya] now isolated" and "situation of Greek Army . . . dangerous".

Telegram from WSC to Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, [General Sir Archibald Wavell] (Athens [Greece]) advising preparations for withdrawal as "we cannot remain in Greece against wish of Greek Commander-in-Chief"; suggesting Crete should be "held in force" to defend King [George II] of Greece and the Government.

Telegram from "former naval person" [WSC] to President [Franklin Roosevelt] on: a change in United States policy on the Atlantic [see further CHAR 20/37/113-115]; uncertainty of the Greek situation; confidence in the Libyan-Egyptian position; reporting on the sinking of a German-Italian convoy off Malta.

Telegram from WSC to Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East [Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore] sending congratulations on the defence of Tobruk, Libya, and commenting on the quantities of equipment being sent to him.

Telegram from Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East [Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore] to WSC thanking him for his message of support to Libyan squadrons and expressing his confidence in RAF, Middle East.

Telegram from General [Sir Archibald] Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, to WSC on German plans for attack in Greece; commenting on plans for withdrawal to Crete and the defence of Tobruk [Libya].

Telegram from WSC to General [Sir Archibald] Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] on the situation in North Africa and Tobruk [Libya], advising cutting off German-Italian supplies to "wear them down".

Telegram from President [Franklin Roosevelt] to the Former Naval Person [WSC] on the United States' change of policy in the Atlantic: to include the extension of the security zone to whole of North Atlantic west of longitude 25 degrees; informing the United Kingdom of the position of aggressor ships; escorting of British convoys. [see also CHAR 20/37/97].

Telegram from WSC to Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East [Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore] advising that evacuation of New Zealand, Australian and British troops from Tobruk [Libya] is important, and commenting on which war zones should receive priority, stating: "emphasis must be given to victory in Libya".

Telegram from WSC to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham], congratulating him on preventing landing of enemy supplies east of Benghazi [Libya]; expressing concern about a plan for evacuation of French ships from Alexandria [Egypt]. [see further CHAR 20/37/129].

Telegram from General [Sir Archibald] Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, to WSC on the difficulties of desert warfare and the need for cruiser tanks with greater speed and range ahead of infantry tanks.

Telegram from WSC to Sir [Michael] Palairet [British Minister to Greece] (Athens) requesting the opinion of the Greek Government and/or King [George II] following a request by General [Alexander] Papagos for re-embarkation of British troops to "save Greece from devastation".