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Third report of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, General [Henry] Arnold, to the Secretary of War [Robert Patterson] with sections on the war in Europe and the Pacific and "Air Power and the Future". In a presentation binding for WSC.

Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC [in North America] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] and others concerned marked "From: Octagon" and "Gunfire No. 231" and "Personal and Top Secret" referring to "Cordite 159" and commenting on arrangements for the release of service personnel, drawing particular attention to the problem of men serving in the Far East and their probability of reemployment in the labour market, and the imprecise nature of the benefits to be given to personnel not serving in the...

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Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on searchlights on aircraft. [Copy; given running number 264].

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Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] (Offices of the War Cabinet, Great George Street) to WSC on training aircraft sent overseas. [Copy; given running number 263A].

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Minute [prepared by F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to First Lord of the Admiralty [A V Alexander, later 1st Lord Alexander of Hillsborough] on measures against aircraft directing U-boats, suggesting setting up radar stations and disturbing communications. [Copy; given running number 256a].

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Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on measures against aircraft directing U-boats, suggesting setting up radar stations on vessels and land, and disturbing communications. [Copy; given running number 254].

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Minutes [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on rationing preserves, low flying attacks, searchlights on aircraft, and countering torpedoes. [Copies; given running numbers 249a, 250, 251, and 252].

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Minutes [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on "Spitfire" losses, WSC broadcasting on the need for scientists for radar work, and differences in army figures between WSC and [Sir James] Grigg [Secretary of State for War]. [Copies; given running numbers 247a, 248, and 249].

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Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on falling home aircraft output. [Copy; given running number 246].

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Minute from "F.A.L." [F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] (Offices of the War Cabinet, Great George Street) to WSC on experiments with searchlights on aircraft. Typescript of annotation by WSC to "C.A.S." [Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sir Charles Portal]: "Pray consider this". [annotated copy; given running number 245].

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Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on forecasts for the aircraft production programme. [Copy; given running number 230].

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Draft minute [prepared by F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to the Minister of Aircraft Production [1st Lord Beaverbrook, earlier Sir Max Aitken] on figures of hours worked, aircraft output, and numbers of workers. [annotated copy; given running number 229].

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Minutes [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on providing [Harry] Hopkins [Special Advisor and Assistant to the President of the United States] with aircraft production figures and [Lindemann's] misgivings at the level of British production. [Copies; given running numbers 227 and 228].

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Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC attaching a draft note to the Minister of Aircraft Production [1st Lord Beaverbrook, earlier Sir Max Aitken] on the War Cabinet receiving regular statistical reports on progress with aircraft production. [Copy; given running number 223(C)].

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Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on Air Ministry estimates and the consequences of German losses. [Copy; given running number 222].

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Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC reporting on the operation of the free balloon barrage . [Copy; given running number 220].

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Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on numbers of trained pilots. [Copy; given running number 219].

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Minute from "J.R.C." [John Colville, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to WSC attaching a minute from "F.A.L." [F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on his suggested draft for a note WSC intends to send to the Secretary of State for Air [Sir Archibald Sinclair, later 1st Lord Thurso] about Air Ministry statistics [see CHAR 20/258A/93]. [Copy; given running number 213A].

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Draft minute [prepared by F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to the Secretary of State for Air [Sir Archibald Sinclair, later 1st Lord Thurso] on the importance of accurate figures of the number of aircraft in the RAF and on the enquiry into the size of the German Air Force. [Copy].

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Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on differences in figures of aircraft stock between "M.A.P." [Minister of Aircraft Production, 1st Lord Beaverbrook, earlier Sir Max Aitken] and "C.A.S." [Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sir Charles Portal]. [Copy; given running number 211].

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Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on confusion over the fate of 3,500 aircraft. [Copy; given running number 210].

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Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on an interim report by Mr Justice [Sir John] Singleton into the German Air Force and means of estimating its strength. [Copy; given running number 197a].

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Report by [Lord Justice Sir] John Singleton for WSC marked "Confidential" on means of estimating the strength of the German Air Force and comparing it with the RAF. [Copy].

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Appendix "A" [to CHAR 20/258A/125-131] marked "Secret" setting out "identified" and "estimated first line establishment of the German Air Force", 1939.

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Appendix "B" [to CHAR 20/258A/125-131] marked "Secret" setting out figures for the German Air Force: "Long range bombers and bomber reconnaissance only", "Total Operational (All types)", "Transport aircraft", and "Trainer aircraft".