Minute from the Secretary, Admiralty, to the Private Office to the First Lord [WSC], commenting on letter from Lewis Harcourt, Colonial Office, protesting about the Admiralty's direct negotiation with the Government of Canada over oil storage facilities, rather than working through the Colonial Office.

Cutting from "The Times", statement by WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on changes to the Board of Admiralty and the creation of the Admiralty War Staff.

Letter from Arthur Balfour (Whittingehame, Prestonkirk [East Lothian, Scotland]), to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, thanks for sending copy of paper on creation of Naval War Staff, stating that it would be a great advance in War organisation, also on home defence, stating that the advent of the submarine had modified Britain's needs, rejecting the idea of separate flotillas.

Submission from Captain J Rynes, Admiralty Yacht, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, with proposed list of names for eight new light cruisers "Arethusa" class.

Minute by Sir James Marshall, Director of Dockyard Work, Admiralty, on employment of Apprentices and Boys in HM Dockyards.

Minute from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, to Prince Louis of Battenberg, [later 1st Lord Milford Haven], 1st Sea Lord, invitation to breakfast with Eleutherios Venizelos, Prime Minister of Greece, and David Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to discuss the "dangerous possibilities between Greece and Turkey", with note of Battenberg's reply, accepting.

Letter from Sir William White [former Director of Naval Construction] (Cedarcroft, Putney Heath [London]) to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, suggesting meeting.

Letter from 1st Lord Haldane (28 Queen Anne's Gate, [War Office]) to WSC, asking for details of Britain's shipbuilding programme, and a note of additional ships and money that would be required if the new German Naval Law was adopted, and asking if Britain could have any reasonable objections to the new German Squadron in full commission.

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher ("in the train") to WSC on senior naval appointments, stating that if Rear-Admiral Charles Briggs did not remain as 3rd Sea Lord and Controller, Captain Arthur Waymouth would make be an excellent successor. [Typescript copy at CHAR 13/2/114].

Letter from Engineer-Commander Charles Taylor, (HMS Superb, Home Fleet) to Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher, on engineering training in the Royal Navy, and opposition to the [1902] training scheme, particularly within the Engineering Branch. [Typescript copies at CHAR 13/2/142-147].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to the 1st Sea Lord [Vice-Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman] and 2nd Sea Lord, [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] on fleet organisation.

Letter from Admiral Sir John Fisher [Commander-in- Chief, Portsmouth] (Admiralty House, Portsmouth [Hampshire]) to Arthur Balfour [Prime Minister] on submarine warfare, stating that the submarine would displace the gun and revolutionise naval tactics, suggesting that the output of submarines should be doubled at any cost. [Hand-written copy, with annotations by Fisher, written in 1911; typescript copy at CHAR 13/2/132-134].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher (Reigate Priory, Surrey) to [WSC], on senior naval appointments; also recommending that WSC give close personal attention to the question of promotion to commissioned rank from the lower deck, stating that he should "fight like hell" against increasing entry of cadets, and that the remedy was to promote more "Bluejackets" and Marines from Warrant Officers. [Hand-written, with carbon copy].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Grand Hotel National, Lucerne, Switzerland] to WSC, on senior staff appointments, recommending Maurice Hankey [Assistant Secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence] to be Secretary of the Committee: "He is Napoleonic"; also on warship design, reminding WSC that "Armour is Vision" and that there were only two types to concentrate on, "the smallest Big-ship and the Biggest Small-ship". [Typescript copy of CHAR 13/2/6-9].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and the Chief of Staff [Admiral Sir Henry Jackson] on submarine deployment in the Mediterranean, asking for a report on the possibility of basing six "C" Class submarines at Malta. [Carbon].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to [Cabinet], on the warship building programme and the Naval Estimates. [Carbon].