Letter from Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] to WSC on: the danger that WSC might hamper his "Great Resolve" [the plan for an offensive on the Belgian coast] by associating Fisher with it, even though Fisher himself feels very fit for his age; the aircraft, mine-laying facilities, submarines and other vessels required for the attack; the need for an immediate "Big Change" in Admiralty building policy. Typescript copy at CHAR 2/92/40-41.

Letter from Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] to WSC attacking Admiralty policy under Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour], which has led to the Navy "taking a back seat in this War!" In particular: the failure to recapture Antwerp [Belgium] and let the Russians into Berlin from the Pomeranian coast; ignorance about the German submarine programme; the failure to prevent shipyard workers being drafted into the army. Typescript copy at CHAR 2/92/47.

Statement by Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] asserting that the presence of the five fast new battle cruisers 'Furious', 'Glorious', 'Courageous' and 'Renown' would have prevented Admiral Sir David Beatty [later Lord Beatty] being surprised by the German High Sea Fleet and blaming Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] for the delay in the completion of these vessels. Typescript copy at CHAR 2/92/48-49.

Letter from Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] (Ferne Donhead, Salisbury, [Wiltshire]) to WSC mentioning that he has had influenza , bemoaning the impending German annexation of the Russian fleet and attacking the timid policy of the Admiralty.

Letter from Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] (Ferne, Donhead, Salisbury, [Wiltshire]) to WSC stating that he will be glad to see him "at this tragic moment with the Germans only a few miles from Amiens [France] and so threatening the starvation of London by stopping the Channel traffic". Deplores the fact that the Royal Navy is still to be kept "in cotton wool" and announces his intention of speaking about it in the House of Lords.

Letter from Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] to WSC on Rear Admiral Sir Archibald Moore's discontinuing the action [at Dogger Bank] despite the German ships 'Derfflinger' and 'Seydlitz' being badly damaged, and Buller's "mental paralysis". Believes that "we were within a few minutes of a glorious victory." Typescript copy wrongly dated 27 January 1918.

Letter from Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman, Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet (Sheerness, [Kent]) to Sir John Fisher [later Lord Fisher] reporting that Lord Charles Beresford's memorandum on the results of the October North Sea Manoeuvres contains criticisms of senior officers and Admiralty shipbuilding policy by Sir Reginald Custance which should not be read by junior officers. Typescript copy.

Memorandum by Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] arguing that submarines preclude the presence of large warships and the passage of trade through the Mediterranean and that Britain should concentrate on maintaining a supreme fleet in the North Sea. Printed.

Memorandum by Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] (36 Berkeley Square, [London]) to [Herbert Asquith,later Lord Oxford and Asquith] on the Admiralty policies which have led to the shortage in the Grand Fleet of destroyers and small craft, and delays in constructing large submarines with 12-inch guns. Typescript copy.

Letter from J G Butcher (House of Commons) to WSC (41 Cromwell Road) describing the activities of the committee appointed to enquire into the large commissions paid by the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of the United States to agents in Britain on orders placed by the Admiralty and asking WSC to attend the committee to give evidence. Encloses related papers [see CHAR 2/93/4-9]. Signed typescript.

Minute by WSC (as First Lord of the Admiralty) on the need for wartime Admiralty contracts to "stand the severe subsequent parliamentary scrutiny to which they will certainly be subjected." Initialled typescript.

Summary of papers [compiled in Mar 1917] relating to the placing by the Admiralty of a large order with the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of the United States. Sent with CHAR 2/93/10.

Evidence given by WSC to the Air Department Committee inquiring into the placing of Admiralty orders with the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of the United States. Sent with CHAR 2/93/15.

Letter from WSC (War Office) to [David Lloyd George] on the need to form the Cabinet, to tax war profits, to cut Government spending, to define future role of the Army, Navy and Air Force and assign the appropriate resources, to check unnecessary spending by the Admiralty, preferably by bringing the Navy as well as the other two services under a Ministry of Defence. Copy in WSC's hand.

Letter from Lord Grey of Fallodon [earlier Sir Edward Grey] (Fallodon, Lensbury, Northumberland) to WSC on the importance of the navy estimates and his decision not to take his nephew Cecil Graves away from his work in the War Office by offering him a temporary job in Washington.

Letter from Sir David Beatty [later Lord Beatty] (Aberdour House, Aberdour, Fife, [Scotland]) to WSC thanking him for his good wishes and expressing the hope that the [Army and Navy] will co-operate more closely together than they have done before.

Letter from Walter Long [later Lord Long] (Admiralty) to WSC congratulating him on his vindication of the Navy and the Admiralty in the Sunday Herald.

Letter from WSC (War Office) to Walter Long [later Lord Long] thanking him for praising his article [in the Sunday Herald] defending the Navy's wartime performance. Typescript copy.

Letter from [WSC] to Walter Long [later Lord Long] asserting that the conclusions of the report on the Dardanelles will encourage a negative attitude in the Navy and that if it is published so should all other relevant documents. Typescript copy.

Letter from Walter Long [later Lord Long] (Admiralty) to WSC stating that he intends to leave the consideration of the report [on the Dardanelles defences] to his Naval Staff and does not intend to publish it.

Letter from [WSC] to Sir James Masterton Smith enclosing a copy of Sir Julian Corbett's [official history of naval operations during the war] and criticising "its awful flatness and sterility." Typescript copy.

Letter from Lord Lee of Fareham [earlier Sir Arthur Lee] (Admiralty) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on the Navy Estimates.

Letter from [WSC] to ? on the role the 'Canopus' might have played in the engagement off Coronel [Chile]. [See also CHAR 13/52/116].

Letter from [WSC] to Lord Edward Grosvenor on the role the 'Canopus' might have played in the action off Coronel [Chile]. Typescript copy. [See also CHAR 13/52/116].