Letter from WSC (War Office) to [David Lloyd George] arguing that the Government's anti-Turkish and pro-Bolshevik policy is harming British interests in India and the Middle East, is ruinously expensive, and is alienating the Liberals' Conservative coalition partners. Copy in the hand of Edward Marsh.

Letter from Austen Chamberlain (11 Downing Street) to WSC criticising those who thought that Andrew Bonar Law's retirement "was the occasion for the official birth of the new party" and urging that progress in this direction be made slowly. Chamberlain wishes to talk to WSC about his journey to the Middle East and is triumphant about the outcome of the Budget.

Letter from Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] (18 Cadogan Gardens, [London]) to WSC enclosing a memorandum by him on Conservative discontent with the Coalition over Irish policy [see CHAR 2/117/52-55] and asking him to get [David Lloyd George] to consider the points it raises.

Memorandum by [Sir Samuel Hoare, later Lord Templewood] on Conservative discontent with the Coalition over Irish policy and the need for David Lloyd George to clarify his government's stance on coercion of Ulster and not sacrifice the "anti-Die-hard" Conservatives by simply resigning and leaving the field open to Conservative extremists. Sent with CHAR 2/117/51.

Letter from Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] (Thurso Castle, [Caithness, Scotland]) to Edward Marsh enclosing CHAR 2/122/71-72 and asking him to show it to WSC, commenting on the electoral situation in [East Perthshire and Caithness and Sutherland], and reporting on his successful fishing and the depression of Edwin Montagu.

Excerpt from a letter from William Munro [secretary of the Provincial National Liberal Council] (25 George Street, Perth, [Scotland]) to [Sir Archibald Sinclair, later 1st Lord Thurso] reporting that the Conservatives in East Perthshire intend to field their own candidate in the constituency, which would make Sinclair's candidature as a Coalition Liberal untenable. Sent with CHAR 2/122/70.

Letter from Austen Chamberlain (11 Downing Street) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/122/159-164 and proposing that if Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] does not withdraw from his candidature for East Perthshire the local Conservatives will be asked to submit the question of the constituency's representation to arbitration by [David Lloyd George] and Chamberlain.

Letter from Sir John Gilmour (Scottish Unionist Whip's Office, Palace Chambers, Bridge Street, Westminster, [London]) to Austen Chamberlain giving the points at issue in the dispute between the Conservatives and the Liberals over the selection of a Coalition candidate for East Perthshire. Copy sent with CHAR 2/122/158.

Letter from [Sir Archibald Sinclair, later 1st Lord Thurso] (Colonial Office) to WSC correcting what he sees as the misrepresentation of his position regarding the Coalition candidature for East Perthshire [Scotland] in a letter from Sir John Gilmour to Austen Chamberlain [CHAR 2/122/159-164].

Letter from "Brab" [John Moore-Brabazon, later 1st Lord Brabazon of Tara] to WSC expressing his dislike of the Government and stating that as a progressive Unionist he wants WSC as his leader and that a reunion of Liberalism still seems far off.

Cutting from the "Sunday Dispatch": editorial arguing that the Conservative Party should drop the idea of a referendum on food taxes, that WSC is getting cold feet about the adoption by Stanley Baldwin [later Lord Baldwin] of the programme of Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken], and that a policy of food taxes would give the Conservative Party the appearance of sincerity which it has lacked for the last few years.

Paragraph one of the terms of reference of the Conservative Agricultural Research Committee. Sent with CHAR 2/176/1.

List of members of the Conservative Agricultural Research Committee. Sent with CHAR 2/176/1.

Letter from Lord Wolmer [later 3rd Lord Selborne) (3 Chester Gate, Regent's Park,[London]) to Neville Chamberlain describing the work of the Conservative Agricultural Research Committee and enclosing CHAR 2/176/6-46. Copy sent with CHAR 2/176/1.

Headings for a speech on agricultural policy produced by the Conservative Agricultural Research Committee. Copy sent with CHAR 2/176/1.

"Argument" on agricultural policy produced by the Conservative Agricultural Research Committee. Copy sent with CHAR 2/176/1.

Notes on agricultural policy produced by the Conservative Agricultural Research Committee. Interleaved with agricultural publications. Copy sent with CHAR 2/176/1.

Conservative research department memorandum prepared by [Neville Chamberlain] on the use of the referendum.

Conservative research department memorandum prepared by [Neville Chamberlain] on the iron and steel industry.

Conservative Research Department summary of the report of the Committee on the Cotton Industry set up by the Government.

Memorandum by the agricultural committee of the Conservative Research Department on the use of a system of quotas to grant Imperial Preference to wheat without recourse to an import duty.

Letter from Sir Laming Worthington-Evans (6 Eaton Place, [London]) to WSC urging him not to leave [the Conservative Party] over Protection and food taxes (which are "unavoidable") and praising "My Early Life".

Letter from 17th Lord Derby (Knowsley, Prescot, Lancashire) to WSC thanking him for sending a copy of ["My Early Life"] and expressing despair about the state of the Conservative Party: "if only we were united we should sweep the country.".