Letter from [WSC] (Chartwell) to Rear-Admiral Arthur Smith-Dorrien asserting that he has always been in favour of Home Rule and Free Trade and opposed to Socialism and that the present Conservative programme differs from that adopted by Lord Balfour [earlier Arthur Balfour] in 1904 only in its exclusion of the question of Protection. Carbon copy.

Letter from [WSC] (Chartwell) to Sir Robert Horne [later Lord Horne of Slamannan] arguing that the dropping of the prosecution against J R Campbell offers the best chance of defeating the Government, considering the possibility of the Conservatives having to form a government before the general election, and urging that the planned Conservative opposition to Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] in Caithness [Scotland] be withdrawn. Carbon copy.

Letter from "Charley" [7th Lord Londonderry] (Londonderry House, Park Lane, [London]) to WSC expressing pleasure that the Conservatives will have WSC's support.

Letter from Katherine, Duchess of Atholl (84 Eaton Place, [London]) to WSC reporting that Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] seemed to give a negative response to the 8th Duke of Atholl's suggestion of Liberal-Conservative co-operation in his constituency [Caithness, Scotland] but promising that the matter will be carefully considered in the light of WSC's advice that Sinclair should not be opposed.

Letter from T Taylor Heywood, journalist (11 Geneva Terrace, Rochdale, [Lancashire]) to WSC asserting that unless he explains who was responsible for the failure of the Dardanelles campaign many young Conservatives like Heywood will leave the party because it is allowing WSC back into its ranks.

Letter from R H Edwards, chief agent and secretary of the Bristol Unionist Association (West India House, 54 Baldwin Street, Bristol) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/135/66 and listing the co-operating Conservative and Liberal candidates in Bristol.

Letter from Colonel H Mockett (Cavalry Club, 127 Piccadilly, [London]) to WSC stressing the need for the Conservatives to campaign in simple terms in order to attract working-class votes.

Letter from [WSC] (Chartwell) to Major Philip Kenyon-Slaney [Drake Chambers, Tavistock, Devon] asserting that the Conservatives have shown that they can form the foundation of the non-party government which the country urgently requires and urging the electors of Tavistock to aid the process by returning Kenyon-Slaney. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from [WSC] to [Sir Alan Burgoyne] thanking him for his letter offering his services as parliamentary secretary [see CHAR 2/136/5] but expressing the view that he (WSC) is unlikely to be offered a post in the Government "as owing to the size of the majority it will probably be composed only of impeccable Conservatives", and adding that in any case there is someone else he is bound to consider first. Praises Burgoyne's work for the Navy before the war. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Sir Alan Burgoyne (Finchers House, Amersham, Buckinghamshire) to WSC offering his services as parliamentary secretary and referring to the sweeping Conservative election victory and the increase in his own majority [in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire].

Letter from [WSC] to Andrew Gibb expressing regret that Gibb did not succeed [in the Hamilton Division of Lanarkshire, Scotland] but adding that the election would have been a good educational experience of Gibb and that the Conservatives need young candidates like him in seats "where there has been so much rowdyism". Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel John Dodge, Conservative Candidate for Mile End [London] (Central Committee Rooms, Beaumont Hall, Beaumont Square [London]) to WSC asking him to use his influence to ensure that in the next election the Conservative candidate for Mile End should have a straight fight against the Socialist MP John Scurr because the presence of a Liberal candidate as well splits the anti-Socialist vote. Encloses CHAR 2/136/21 and CHAR 2/136/22.

End Division [London] most often since 1886 and that therefore voting Conservative is the best way to defeat Socialism. Printed. Sent with CHAR 2/136/19-20.

Circular letter from Robert Solomon, the Liberal candidate for the Mile End Division [London] (198 Mile End Road, [London]) claiming that the Socialists are the puppets of those who wish to make a revolution and that only a vote for him, rather than for the Conservative candidate [Lieutenant-Colonel John Dodge], will defeat them. Sent with CHAR 2/136/19-20. Annotated by Dodge denying the statement that he (Dodge) had admitted that he had no chance.

Letter from [Clarice Fisher] to the secretary of the National Liberal Club informing him that as WSC has accepted office in a Conservative government he feels it his duty to resign from the Club. Carbon typescript copy.

Speech by Lieutenant-Colonel P B Bramley attacking Socialism, Communism and Bolshevism and recommending support for the Conservatives. Delivered during the general election at Luton [Bedfordshire], Chelmsford [Essex], Grimsby and Scunthorpe [both Lincolnshire].

Letter from Edward Spears (Little College Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC reporting that he has had a satisfactory interview with F Stanley Jackson, who has advised him about when to make his declaration in favour of the Conservatives, and thanking WSC for his help in clearing up the misunderstanding.