Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, November 1941.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; 1st Lord Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann] and Desmond Morton [Prime Minister's Personal Assistants]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; Chief Whip [James Stuart].Subjects covered by the...

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Telegram from WSC to Foreign Secretary [Anthony] Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] (Athens [Greece]) asking for Greek views on the deployment of British Air forces from Greek aerodromes.

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Telegram from WSC to Foreign Secretary [Anthony] Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] (Athens [Greece]) with numbers of aeroplanes released to aid Greece.

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Telegram from Foreign Secretary [Anthony] Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] (Athens [Greece]) to WSC on Greece's agreement to allow the RAF to use Greek aerodromes in the event of a German attack on Yugoslavia, but stating that Turkey is unable to give the same assurance.

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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.

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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.

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Telegram from WSC to Air Officer Commanding in Chief Middle East, with request from Australian Prime Minister [Robert Menzies] for greater air support for Imperial troops in Greece.

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Telegram from General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of the Free French] (Spears Mission, Brazzaville [Congo]) to WSC suggesting German-Italian troops may attack Southern Libya/Chad, then advance through Fort Lamy to French Cameroons and Nigeria; and advising building up the air defence of Central Africa.

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Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] with intercepted information on a heavy German air attack on Crete [Greece].

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Telegram from WSC to Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East on plans to fly Hurricanes, Tomahawks and Fulmars via Malta for route to Middle East.

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Telegram from Government of New Zealand to WSC commenting on inadequate artillery and digging equipment for troops on Crete [Greece]; referring to the British air force's attempts to defend with 6 Hurricanes against 800 enemy aircraft; and demanding greater resources or a review of plans.

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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on superiority of German submarine design, blaming the former Controller of the Navy, Vice Admiral Charles Briggs, also on coastwise coal traffic and North Sea fishing [typescript copy].

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Extract from letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty on threatened German Zeppelin raid on London. Stating that there was no defence against an air raid on London except reprisals to be announced beforehand to the German Government, and complaining that the British Government had not taken sufficient steps to warn Germany. Asking to be relieved of his official position as the Admiralty would be responsible for the massacre.

Scope and Contents Letter from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord, on threatened German Zeppelin raid on London, and Fisher's proposal that German prisoners be killed in reprisal, stating that he would take his views to Cabinet , although he could not support them. Also commentng that he hoped that Fisher's threat to resign should not be taken seriously, although he had "made up his mind never to dissuade anyone..from resigning if they wish to do so" [handwritten...

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Telegram from C. in C., The Nore to Admiralty, confirming that he had ordered lights to be extinguished in Chatham and Sheerness Dockyards at 2000 hours,from 26-29 Jan, ue to special warnings of air attack [typescript copy].

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Telegram from Admiralty to Commonwealth Navy Board, on proposal for HMS "Australia" to serve as Flagship, with HMS "New Zealand" in a new battle cruiser squadron [typescript copy].

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Telegram from Admiralty to C. in C., The Nore on possibility of air attack, stating that work should continue at night, without interruption, and that lights should be kept burning until firing began [typescript copy].

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Admiralty memorandum - Report on the Present Position as regards Possible Zeppelin Attacks on London by Captain Murray Sueter, head of the Air Department, with covering note by WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty [printed, Cabinet Paper].

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Admiralty Air Department memorandum on the Disposition of Aircraft [printed].

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Telegram from the Rear-Admiral Dover to Admiralty, reporting German air raid on Dunkerque, suggesting that ships with anti-aircraft guns be moved there [typescript copy].

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Telegram from Divisional Transports, Dunkirk to Transport Department, Admiralty, , reporting severe air attack [typescript copy].

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Admiralty Chief Censor intercepted message from Feibalman, Amsterdam to Exchange Telegraph Co., report in British air raid on the Belgian coast [typescript copy].

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Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Hankey on a suggested bombing campaign: a matter not "of principle ... but of ... available resources".

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Letter from WSC to David Robertson explaining that an Anti-U-boat Warfare Committee is considering the need for specialist aircraft to protect shipping.

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Letter from WSC to Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal [Chief of Air Staff] advising against removing Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder [Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, RAF, Middle East] from the Middle East or Air Marshal Sir [William] Sholto Douglas [Air Officer Commanding- in-Chief, Fighter Command] from Fighter Command; suggests Air Vice-Marshal Douglas Evill as Vice-Chief of Air Staff.