Draft letter from WSC to Dr [Chaim] Weizmann [President of World Zionist Organisation and Jewish Agency for Palestine] stating that following election victory one of his first tasks will be that of reaching a "full and just" settlement in Palestine. [prepared by John Martin, Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary].

Letter from Chaim Weizmann, [President of World Zionist Organisation and] the Jewish Agency for Palestine, (77 Great Russell Street, London) to WSC (10 Downing Street) sending on a memorandum on behalf of the Agency [CHAR 20/234/42-47] and appealing, following the end of the war with Germany, for "deliverance" from the "injustice of the White Paper of 1939". [signed; annotated by John Martin, Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary].

Memorandum from the Zionist Organisation [the Jewish Agency for Palestine] appealing for Palestine to be established a Jewish state, setting out: the Jewish attitude to the White Paper of 1939, conditions in Palestine, a claim for reparations from Germany, plans for the external relations of the Jewish state, and general considerations regarding future policy.

Letter from [Colin] Thornley [Principal Private Secretary to Secretary of State for the Colonies] (Colonial Office) to [Leslie] Rowan [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] approving the decision not to send any reply to a letter from the Presidency of the new Zionist Organisation to WSC [CHAR 20/234/10]. [signed; annotated by WSC's Private Office].

Note from "J R C" [John Colville, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to WSC asking if he wants the papers on the Americans and the Palestine mandate to be shown to [Clement] Attlee. [initialled manuscript; annotated by WSC that he will keep them].

"Table 1" giving the "estimated strengths of imperial armed forces (white troops)" at approximately 1 May or 1 June 1945 and analysing the imperial army and air force by theatre at approximately 1 June 1945.

Map and pie-charts setting out relative strengths of Allied "divisions in the East by theatres" (India and Burma [later Myanmar]).

"Table 3" setting out the strengths of "divisions and brigades in the East" (India and South East Asia Command) at approximately 1 May and 30 June 1945.

"Table 5" giving numbers of "casualties to the Armed forces of the British Empire" and POWs up to 30 April 1945.

Telegram from [Terence] Shone [British Minister to Syria and Lebanon] (Damascus [Syria]) to the Foreign Office passing on a message from the wife of the ex-President of the Syrian Republic and the President of the Red Crescent, Zubra Abed, to WSC thanking him for "having saved [the] serious situation in Syria". [despatched on 4 June; received on 5 June].

Telegram Sir [John] Hathorn Hall, [the Governor] of Uganda, to Secretary of State for the Colonies [Colonel Oliver Stanley] passing on a message from the Uganda Chamber of Commerce to WSC expressing pride at his war leadership.

Typescript copy of a "Secret" despatch on the operations of Malaya [later Malaysia] Command, 8 December 1941 to 15 February 1942, by Major-General [Arthur] Percival, formerly General Officer Commanding Malaya, with sections on the period prior to the outbreak of hostilities with Japan, the operations on the mainland of Malaya, the battle of Singapore, and summary and conclusions, with a foreword by Percival, appendices including contemporary instructions and communications, and maps.

Page proofs [for a supplement to the London Gazette] reprinting a despatch on operations in Hong Kong, 8 to 25 December 1941, by Major-General [Michael] Maltby, late General Officer Commanding, British Troops in China, dated 21 November 1945, with appendices giving a narrative of events and approximate casualty figures, and explanatory footnotes. [annotated by Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall].

Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Operations in Eastern Theatre, based on India from March 1942 to December 31, 1942" reprinting a contemporary despatch by Field Marshal [1st] Lord Wavell, [then] Commander-in-Chief, India, dated 27 September 1943, covering Burma [later Myanmar], the defence of India, internal Indian matters, air matters and naval operations. [annotated; flagged "B"].

Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Operations in the Indo-Burma theatre based on India from 21 June, 1943, to 15 November, 1943" reprinting a despatch by Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, India, dated 22 November 1945, on planning, land and air operations, intelligence, and organisation, training, and administration, with explanatory footnotes. [annotated].

Report to the Combined Chiefs of Staff by the Supreme Allied Commander South-East Asia, 1943-1946, [1st Lord] Mountbatten of Burma [then Viceroy of India], dated 30 July 1947, with sections on strategy and operations, civil affairs in Burma [later Myanmar], post-Japanese surrender tasks, conclusions, and appendices, annexures, and a map tucked into the back flap. [flagged "C"] Manuscript dedication from Mountbatten to WSC on back of front cover.

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

Telegram from WSC to General Sir Bernard Paget [Commander in Chief Middle East Force] marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that British forces should not be withdrawn from the Lebanon and Syria until they have secured satisfactory agreements from the Levant States and the French.

Telegram from British Ambassador to France, Alfred Duff Cooper [later 1st Lord Norwich], to WSC marked "personal" suggesting either the Minister of State, Middle East [Sir Edward Grigg, later 1st Lord Altrincham], or the Secretary of State for Air [Harold MacMillan, later 1st Lord Stockton] conducts the Levant [Syria and the Lebanon] negotiations.

Telegram from WSC to the Regent of Iraq [Crown Prince Abdullah] thanking him for his letter and assuring him that the British Government will consider the question of Palestine very seriously. Carbon copy.

Telegram from WSC to Ibn Saud [King of Saudi Arabia] thanking him for his letter and assuring him that the British Government will consider the question of Palestine very seriously. Carbon copy.

Telegram from WSC to General Sir Bernard Paget [Commander in Chief Middle East Force] marked "Personal" stating that he is correct in maintaining an "impartial and negative attitude" with regard to the situation in the Levant States [Syria and the Lebanon].

Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" requesting his support for British intervention to stop fighting in Syria; and repeating the text of a message he intends to send to General de Gaulle [President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic] on hearing from Truman, appealing for French troops to withdraw to their barracks.