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.

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].

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 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 WSC [Malta] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] marked "From: Cricket" and "Jason No. 64" approving a telegram from the Secretary of State for India [Leo Amery] to the Viceroy [Field Marshal Lord Wavell] with some amendments.

Telegram from [John] Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary, Yalta, Soviet Union] to Private Office marked "From: Argonaut" and "Jason 502" passing on a "personal" message from WSC to the Prime Ministers of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa (repeated to the Prime Minister of Canada and the Viceroy of India) requesting they approve the redrafting of a clause on liberated Commonwealth POWs being employed by the Soviet authorities pending their repatriation.

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.

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.

Letter from Mary [Lady Curzon] (Government House, Calcutta [India]) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which she says that she was disappointed at not having seen her, discusses the success of [the Anglo Saxon] Review, the possibility of WSC marrying Pamela [Plowden, later Lady Lytton] and [Lady Randolph's] successes at matchmaking. She also comments on the death of Queen [Victoria] and the personal popularity she enjoyed in India.

Letter from Mary [Curzon](Viceroy's Camp, India) to Jenny [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which she discusses [Lady Randolph's] future stay with her and asks her to tell [WSC] not to attack the Viceroy [of India, Lord Curzon, later Lord Curzon of Kedleston] about financial affairs in India.

Letter from Cyril Davenport (The British Museum, London) to Mrs Cornwallis West [Lady Randolph Churchill] suggesting that he should write an article about English Coronations [for the Anglo Saxon Review] in which he could include the point that the crown of [King Edward VII] should include the mark of India as one of the colonies.