Telegram from Field Marshal Sir John Dill [Head of British Joint Staff Mission, Washington, United States] to WSC regarding the need to remove Sir Hubert Young as Governor of Trinidad [and Tobago].

Telegram from the Viceroy [and Governor-General] of India [2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun] to WSC asking for the insertion of a pledge to minorities in the draft declaration on India.

Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt, reciting the text of a telegram from the Viceroy [and Governor-General] of India [2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun] to the Secretary of State for India [Leo Amery] regarding the likely disastrous effects on the Indian army of a declaration of the right to secede.

Telegram from the Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] to WSC welcoming the statement of policy for the "earliest possible realization of complete self government in India"; offers to make an early appointment of a High Commissioner for Canada in India.

Telegram from Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] to WSC regarding comments by Dr T V Soong [Tse-ven Sung], Chinese Foreign Minister and brother- in-law to Generalissimo Chiang-Kai-shek [Chinese Nationalist Leader] on Chiang-Kai-shek's views on the "extremely precarious" situation in India.

Telegram from WSC to Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada]: summarizes views of the Commander-in-Chief, India [General Sir Archibald Wavell] on the "disastrous" announcement of a future right to secede for India; recites comments of the Viceroy [and Governor-General] of India [2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun] regarding the effect of such an announcement on the Punjab.

Telegram from Foreign Office to 11th Lord Lothian [British Ambassador to the United States, earlier Philip Kerr] suggesting that Franklin Roosevelt [President of the United States] should give notice of his desire to visit the Bahamas and that the subject of the visit by the Duke of Windsor [Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahamas, earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] to the United States be dropped. [Copy].

Letter from Josiah Wedgwood to WSC criticising 1st Lord Lloyd [Secretary of State for the Colonies] for sinking a ship, pleasing Hitler and annoying the United States; should pursue aggressive policy including greater use of colonial labour and an end to appeasement of Spain, Japan and Italy. [Manuscripts].

Letter from Sir [Arthur] Cosmo Parkinson [Permanent Under- Secretary of State for the Colonies] to Eric Seal [Principal Private Secretary to WSC] enclosing a copy of a letter to Sir Alexander Hardinge [Private Secretary to King George VI] on the announcement that Sir Charles Dundas [Governor of the Bahamas] will be appointed as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Uganda, in succession to Sir Philip Mitchell who will become Deputy Chairman of the Conference of East African Governors.

Letter from Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon], Secretary of State for War, to WSC advising him to wait before choosing the future Viceroy [of India, 2nd Lord Linlithgow's replacement] as there are no suitable candidates amongst [Leo] Amery's [Secretary of State for India and Burma, later Myanmar] submissions, that "Sam" [Sir Samuel Hoare, later 1st Lord Templewood] is not up to the job, but one might emerge. [manuscript].

Letter from "Bobbety" [Lord Cranborne, earlier Robert Gascoyne Cecil, later 5th Lord Salisbury] to WSC accepting the promotion to the House of Lords; expresses doubts about a position at the Dominions Office due to too many recent staffing changes, and at the India Office as his views are so different from [Leo] Amery's [Secretary of State for India and Burma, later Myanmar] it will be thought to indicate a change of policy. [manuscript].

Telegram from the [Major-General Edward] Spears Mission (Brazzaville [Congo]) to London passing on a message from General [Charles] de Gaulle [Chief of Free French] to WSC on negotiations between the Governors of Djibouti [French Somaliland] and Aden [later Yemen]; de Gaulle feels this may undermine relations with Free France and give the enemy a foothold.

Telegram from WSC to General [Sir Archibald] Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] (Cairo [Egypt]) asking for an update on negotiations between the Governors of Djibouti [French Somaliland] and Aden [later Yemen]; suggesting that Free French influence there will aid success in Syria.

Telegram from the [Major-General Edward] Spears Mission to the War Office passing on a message from General [Charles] de Gaulle [Chief of Free French] to WSC on intentions to increase Free French involvement in the Middle East theatre; stating that contact with Djibouti [French Somaliland] is vital.

Telegram from WSC to Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] assuring him that his military views are endorsed by Chiefs of Staff, Cabinet and WSC, but dispute with Australian government must be avoided.

Telegram from WSC to Robert Menzies [Prime Minister of Australia] advising that if he did visit Britain he could not sit on the War Cabinet.

Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Australia [Arthur Fadden] setting out working relationship between governments of Britain, Dominions and Empire; includes covering note by Sir Edward Bridges, Secretary to the War Cabinet.

Telegram from Prime Minister of Australia [Arthur Fadden] to WSC on participation by a Minister from one part of the Empire in the work of a Cabinet of another part.

Letter from Lewis Harcourt [Secretary of State for the Colonies], to WSC, on Admiralty allegations of laxity regarding the supervision of enemy subjects in Ceylon [later Sri Lanka]. Includes copy of a minute from Sir [William] Graham Greene [Secretary to the Admiralty] to the Colonial Office on the original allegations (1914).