Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he has decided to postpone his broadcast [announcing the surrender of Germany] until the next day; and informing him that a statement has been issued to the press indicating the time of the announcement and that 8 May will be regarded as VE Day. Carbon copy.

Telegram from Marshal Stalin to WSC marked "Personal and Secret" requesting the postponement of the announcement of the German surrender until 9 May because of continued German resistance on the Eastern front. Copy.

Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Secret" stating that he will not be able to delay his announcement of the German surrender until 9 May, despite continued resistance by certain groups [on the Eastern front]. Copy.

Telegram from WSC to CSC (Moscow [Soviet Union]) marked "Top Secret" suggesting she broadcast on 9 May a message from him "to Marshal Stalin, to the Red Army, and to the Russian people" sending greetings for their "splendid victories" and hope for a peaceful future. Copy.

Telegram from Sir Edward Grigg [later Lord Altrincham, Minister of State, Middle East] (Beirut [Lebanon]) to WSC marked "Personal" requesting he look at Grigg's telegram from Beirut expressing anxiety about the arrival of the "Jeanne d'Arc" [French battleship]; and congratulating him on his VE Day broadcast. Carbon copy.

Telegram from Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] (San Francisco [United States]) to WSC congratulating him on his VE Day announcement.

Telegram from 3rd Lord Selborne [earlier Lord Wolmer, Minister of Economic Warfare, Egypt] to WSC marked "Personal" objecting to the manner in which the debate in the House of Commons on the situation in Greece [18 January] was presented in a BBC broadcast on 20 January. Photocopy.

Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Secret" suggesting Truman, Marshal Stalin and he broadcast short messages to mark the link up of Soviet and Anglo-American forces in Germany.

Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Secret" suggesting Stalin, President Harry Truman and he broadcast short messages to mark the link up of Soviet and Anglo-American forces in Germany.

Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Top Secret" suggesting arrangements for the broadcasting of messages from Stalin, President Harry Truman and WSC [to mark the link up of Soviet and Anglo-American forces in Germany]; stating that he thinks the warning [to the Germans on their treatment of Allied prisoners of war] should be signed by the three of them; and that he is looking forward to the meeting between their Foreign Secretaries at Washington [United States].

Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador in the United States] and Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] marked "Personal and Top Secret" requesting they arrange with President Harry Truman for the recording of his speech [to be broadcast when Soviet and Anglo-American forces link up in Germany] and the signing of a joint warning [to the Germans over their treatment of Allied prisoners of war]. Carbon copy.

Telegram from WSC to President Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" giving him the text of WSC's message to be broadcast when US and British forces, and Soviet forces link up in Germany; and detailing arrangements for the order and broadcast of the messages from Truman, Marshal Stalin and WSC.

Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Top Secret" giving him the text of WSC's message to be broadcast when US and British forces, and Soviet forces link up in Germany; and detailing arrangements for the order and broadcast of the messages from Stalin, President Harry Truman and WSC.

Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that President Harry Truman proposes to issue his statement [on the link-up of American and British forces and the Soviet Army] to the press and radio; that the Soviet authorities should agree with General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] as to an appropriate time for the release; and that a recording of WSC's message is being flown to Stalin.

Letter from "J H P" [John Peck, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to [Alan] Hodge [Assistant Private Secretary to Minister of Information] (Ministry of Information) enclosing a press notice from WSC [thanking those who have sent him VE-Day messages, CHAR 20/230/4], asking for it to be broadcast on the Home and Overseas services of the BBC, and giving information on the countries which have sent a large number of messages. [Carbon copy].

Letter from [John Peck, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to [Alan] Hodge [Assistant Private Secretary to Minister of Information] (Ministry of Information) enclosing a press notice from WSC [thanking those who have sent him VE-Day messages, CHAR 20/230/80], asking for it to be broadcast on the Home and Overseas services of the BBC, and giving information on the countries which have sent a large number of messages. [Carbon copy].

Letter from Marshall Davis Hogan (Boonton, New Jersey and Dover, New Jersey [United States]) to WSC in which he says he enjoyed and appreciated WSC's broadcast to the United States and hopes WSC will be able to "awaken our peoples to arm themselves against brute force." Signed manuscript.

Letter from Oswald Veblen (58 Battle Road, Princeton, New Jersey [United States]) to WSC in response to WSC's broadcast to the United States. He says that he agrees that "decent people everywhere should unite" against [Nazi Germany] but feels that many Americans do not have faith in the present British government because they have not opposed fascism and the outrages in Manchuria [part of China], Ethiopia, Spain and Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia]. Signed manuscript.

Letter from W D Anthony (Registrar, Potomac State School of West Virginia University, United States) to WSC thanking him for his broadcast to the United States; wishing that Britain and France had acted to prevent Hitler acquiring "such formidable power"; commenting on the failure of President Woodrow Wilson's policy of a "peace without victory" [at Versailles]; and expressing good wishes for WSC. Signed typescript.

Letter from G D Kirkland (683 West Monroe Street, Jacksonville, Florida [United States]) to WSC in response to his broadcast to the United States. She says that she considers WSC "guiltless" for Great Britain's failure to pay its debts and for [the Duke of Windsor earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] "being driven out as an exile for preferring an American wife [Wallis Simpson]" and that many Americans feel that WSC belongs with them. Signed typescript.

Letter from John Hemingway [United States] enclosing a press cutting (see CHAR 2/609A/2a) on anti-British sentiment in the United States and the need for Britain to pay her debts and the low opinion of the Churchills held by those who have read Thackery. Signed typescript. Includes a cutting from an American newspaper of an article by George Rothwell Brown on resentment at WSC's broadcast to the United States.

Letter from George E Bailey (New York [United States]) to WSC in response to WSC's broadcast to the United States. He says that he would not like the US to play a part in another European war, since Americans are still paying taxes to make up for unpaid loans, and feels that Great Britain should have prevented the German occupation of the Rhineland to prevent the Dictator [Adolf Hitler] becoming so powerful. Signed manuscript.

Letter from J Peckell Nathan (416 N Eighth Street) to WSC expressing approval for his "masterful, courageous" broadcast to the United States. Signed typescript.

Letter from Benjamin H Kizer (Old National Bank Building, Spokane, Washington [United States]) to WSC expressing approval for his broadcast to the United States and commenting that WSC's phrase "recuperative power of the democracies" reminds him of a phrase used by Benjamin Franklin. Signed typescript.