1. McMullin, Light on the Hill, p. 215.
2. Nicolson diary entry, 30 March 1942, Nicolson (ed.), Harold Nicolson, p. 207.
3. Cross to Cranborne, 9 January 1942, PRO: PREM 4/50/7A.
4. Cox to Secretary of State, 24 December 1941, USNA: RG59, 740.0011, PACIFIC WAR/1811.
5. Batterbee to Luke, 16 January 1942, RHL: Batterbee papers, 6/7.