Letter from [Colin] Thornley, [Principal] Private Secretary [to Secretary of State for the Colonies], (Colonial Office) to [John] Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] enclosing a copy of a "rather striking" telegram from the Governor of St Helena [Major William Bain Gray]. [signed].

Telegram from [Major William] Bain Gray, [the Governor] of St Helena, to Secretary of State for the Colonies [Colonel Oliver Stanley] describing VE-Day on St Helena. [Despatched on 9 May; received on 10 May].

Letter from [Colin] Thornley, [Principal] Private Secretary [to Secretary of State for the Colonies], (Colonial Office) to [John] Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] enclosing a message from the Members of the Executive and Advisory Councils of St Helena. [signed].

Telegram from [Major William] Bain Gray, [the Governor] of St Helena, to Secretary of State for the Colonies [Colonel Oliver Stanley] passing on message from the Members of the Executive and Advisory Council praising WSC's war leadership. [Despatched on 11 May; received on 12 May].

Letter from [Colin] Thornley, [Principal] Private Secretary [to Secretary of State for the Colonies], (Colonial Office) to [John] Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] enclosing a copy of a telegram from the Governor of Uganda [Sir John Hathorn Hall] containing a message from the Kabaka of Buganda [part of Uganda]. [signed; annotated by Private Secretaries].

Telegram from Sir [John] Hathorn Hall, [the Governor] of Uganda, to Secretary of State for the Colonies [Colonel Oliver Stanley] passing on a message from the Kabaka [of Buganda, part of Uganda] congratulating HM Government on behalf of himself and his people.

Letter from [Colin] Thornley, [Principal] Private Secretary [to Secretary of State for the Colonies], (Colonial Office) to [John] Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] enclosing a copy of a telegram from the Governor of Uganda [Sir John Hathorn Hall] containing a message from [Solomon George Seruwagi] Wamala. [signed; annotated by Martin].

Telegram from Sir [John] Hathorn Hall, [the Governor] of Uganda, to Secretary of State for the Colonies [Colonel Oliver Stanley] passing on a message from Solomon George Seruwagi Wamala to WSC expressing joy at the British victory. [Carbon copy].

Letter from [Colin] Thornley, [Principal] Private Secretary [to Secretary of State for the Colonies], (Colonial Office) to [John] Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] enclosing a message from the Arab Communal Association, Kampala, Uganda. [signed; annotated by Martin].

Message from the Arab Communal Association, Kampala [Uganda] congratulating King [George VI] and WSC on "the grand victory". [Copy].

Letter from "J M M" [John Martin, Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] to Miss M R Malleson (Colonial Office) requesting that a reply is sent to [Sir Guy Pilling] the British Resident, Zanzibar [later part of Tanzania]. [Carbon copy].

Letter from M R Malleson, Private Secretary (Colonial Office) to [Leslie] Rowan [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] enclosing a copy of a telegram from [Sir Guy Pilling] the British Resident, Zanzibar [later part of Tanzania]. [signed].

Telegram from Sir [Guy] Pilling [the British Resident], Zanzibar [later part of Tanzania] to Secretary of State for the Colonies [Colonel Oliver Stanley] requesting he convey to WSC the "deep thankfulness" of the government and "all the inhabitants of Zanzibar" for his war leadership.

Draft message from WSC to Governor-General of the Sudan [Major-General Sir Hubert Huddleston], Khartoum, thanking him for his message and commenting on the Sudan's contribution to victory [over Germany]. [Carbon; annotated by John Peck].

Draft telegram from WSC to Governor-General of the Sudan [Major-General Sir Hubert Huddleston], Khartoum, thanking him for his message and commenting on the Sudan's contribution to victory [over Germany].

Telegram from Governor-General of the Sudan [Major-General Sir Hubert Huddleston], Khartoum, to WSC congratulating him on his war leadership.

Letter from [Colin] Thornley, [Principal] Private Secretary [to Secretary of State for the Colonies], (Colonial Office) to [Leslie] Rowan [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] enclosing a copy of a message from the Roseau Town Council of Dominica. [signed; annotated by Rowan].

Message received through the Governor of the Windward Islands [Sir Arthur Grimble] from the Roseau Town Council of Dominica congratulating WSC for his war leadership. [Copy].

Letter from [Colin] Thornley, [Principal] Private Secretary [to Secretary of State for the Colonies], (Colonial Office) to [John] Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] enclosing a copy of a telegram from the Officer Administrating the Government of Bermuda containing a message from the Bermuda House of Assembly. [signed].

Telegram from the Officer Administrating the Government of Bermuda to Secretary of State for the Colonies [Colonel Oliver Stanley] containing a message from the Bermuda House of Assembly congratulating WSC on his war leadership. [Despatched on 15 May; received on 16 May].

Letter from [Colin] Thornley, [Principal] Private Secretary [to Secretary of State for the Colonies], (Colonial Office) to [John] Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] enclosing a copy of a telegram received from the Governor of Cyprus [Sir Douglas Harris]. [signed].

Telegram from Sinanian, Honorary Secretary of the Armenian Young Men's Association, to the Governor [of Cyprus, Sir Douglas Harris] (Nicosia) requesting he convey its congratulations to WSC on victory against Germany. [Carbon copy].

Telegram from Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] to WSC marked "Top Secret and Personal" arguing that White Russia and the Ukraine should be admitted to the Assembly [of the future world organisation] on the basis of their individual qualifications for membership rather than multiple Soviet representation; and that the assumption that the British Commonwealth will vote as a single entity needs to be dispelled, explaining why he thinks this is not the case.

Minute from Oliver Stanley [Secretary of State for the Colonies] (Colonial Office) to WSC marked "Top Secret" stating that from a Colonial Office viewpoint "it is hard to see what advantage has accrued to Great Britain from the Palestine Mandate", that the final settlement can only be made at a peace conference but that there is a pressing question on the rate of immigration. [signed].

Minute from [General Sir Hastings] Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence] to WSC marked "Top Secret" giving the views of the Chiefs of Staff against WSC's suggestion that the United States take over the Palestine Mandate. [signed].