Second World War (1939-1945)
Found in 2738 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 19 Dec 1942
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and most secret" referring to correspondence between General Dwight D Eisenhower [Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] and General George Marshall [Chief of Staff United States Army] regarding Admiral Rene Godfroy and the French naval squadron in Alexandria [Egypt] and urging patience and that no promise be made tying us up with Admiral Jean Darlan.
(Untitled), 19 Dec 1942
Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "personal and most secret" replying to WSC's telegrams about petroleum supply to the United Kingdom.
(Untitled), 19 Dec 1942
Telegram from WSC to General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] marked "personal" expressing his profound sympathy on the loss of Major-General Daniel Pienaar [Commander South African Forces in the Middle East].
(Untitled), 19 Dec 1942
Telegram from Prime Minister of Canada [W Mackenzie King] to WSC marked "most secret and personal" regarding arrangements for British Liberators to use Gander [Newfoundland, later part of Canada] and Goose [Labrador] airfields for servicing and refuelling during Atlantic patrols.
(Untitled), 20 Dec 1942
Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "most secret and personal" regarding the status to be accorded to Harold Macmillan [later Lord Stockton] in French North Africa and arguing that he should have the same status as Robert Murphy [Personal representative of President Roosevelt on the staff of General Dwight D Eisenhower].
(Untitled), 19 Aug 1942
Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] marked "most secret and personal" commenting on announcement of changes in command in Middle East and reciting the text that is being issued to the local papers.
(Untitled), 19 Aug 1942
Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to General Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence] marked "most secret and personal" suggesting that it would be wise to describe "Jubilee" [Codename for raid on Dieppe, France] as a "Reconnaissance in force." Annotated, probably during writing of WSC's "The Second World War" c1948-1954.
(Untitled), 21 Aug 1942
Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] for War Cabinet, General Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence], and others concerned reporting on his visit to the Eighth Army in the Western Desert and commenting on the beneficial results of the changes in command in the Middle East and on the preparations for a battle with Rommel in Aug or Sep.
(Untitled), 21 Aug 1942
Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to First Sea Lord [Admiral Dudley Pound] marked "most secret and personal" asking him to cable the latest news of the progress of the ships carrying the Sherman tanks Annotated, probably during writing of WSC's "The Second World War" c1948-1954.
(Untitled), 23 Aug 1942
Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to Private Office for First Lord of the Admiralty [Albert Alexander, later Lord Alexander of Hillsborough] and First sea Lord [Admiral Dudley Pound] referring to the loss of the Australian Cruiser "Canberra" and asking them to consider the gift of a similar ship to the Royal Australian Navy.
(Untitled), 08 May 1942 - 31 Jul 1942
File of printed personal telegrams exchanged between WSC and General Claude Auchinleck [Commander in Chief Middle East] marked "most secret".
(Untitled), 26 Aug 1942 - 06 Sep 1942
File of printed personal telegrams exchanged between WSC and President Roosevelt regarding Operation "Torch" [Codename for operation in French North West Africa] marked "most secret" Annotated.
(Untitled), 07 Aug 1942
Copy of a telegram from [?] Captain R F Gore Browne forwarded to Commodore Horace Norman, Brigadier Francis de Guingand [Chief of Staff to 8th Army], Group Captain A J Rankin and Director CBME, giving [an Enigma decrypt] of a German situation report for the day, including bomber attacks in the Alamein area [Egypt], information on a Long Range Desert Group unit on the northern edge of the Qattara depression, and German and Italian serviceable tank strengths.
(Untitled), 06 [Aug] 1942 - 07 [Aug] 1942
(Untitled), 06 Aug 1942
(Untitled), 06 Aug 1942
(Untitled), 22 Feb 1943
(Untitled), 22 Feb 1943
(Untitled), Nov 1943 - Dec 1943
Printed papers and minutes of the meetings of the Sextant [Cairo Conference November 1943] and Eureka [Teheran Conference, November-December 1943] Conferences. Indexed. Published by the Office, United States Secretary and Office of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, in 1943.
(Untitled), 22 Mar 1945
(Untitled), 23 Mar 1945
Telegram from Commander Charles Thompson [Personal Assistant to the Minister of Defence, Straelen, Germany] to Foreign Office passing on "Personal" message from WSC to Marshal Stalin reporting that he is at Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery's [Commander 21st Army Group] Headquarters; and that orders have just been given to launch the main battle to force the Rhine on a broad front centering around Wesel [Germany].
(Untitled), 29 Mar 1945
Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" requesting that WSC asks his Chiefs of Staff to reconsider their withdrawal of support for a project to use pilotless bombers against large industrial targets in Germany.
(Untitled), 30 Mar 1945
Telegram from General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] to WSC giving details of his "main thrust" to drive "eastward to join hands with [the] Russians or to attain [the] general line of the Elbe [Germany]"; outlining the main tasks of his commanders in these operations. Annotated with some corrections to the text.
(Untitled), 30 Mar 1945
(Untitled), 31 Mar 1945
Telegram from WSC to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] marked "Private, Confidential, Personal and Top Secret" urging that rather than shifting "the main axis of advance" to the south they should try to advance as far eastward as possible, emphasising the political significance of capturing Berlin [Germany]; and arguing against the withdrawal of the 9th US Army from the 21st Army Group.