Abstract: The file comprises two secret telegrams, sent by the C-in-C (Commander-in-Chief), E.I. (East Indies Station), both dated 29 April 1940. The first (f 2) states that ‘All Swedish, Finnish, Latvian and Estonian ships in British Ports and bound for Scandinavian, Danish or Baltic Ports should by some pretext be prevented from sailing until further orders.’ The second telegram (f 3) states that ‘All Norwegian and Danish shipping is to be taken under British protection and is to be detained in British harbours or sent there from High Seas.’Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 4; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-3; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.