Admiralty minute to the First Lord of the Admiralty [WSC] on the Home Fleet gunnery practice for September 1911. [Unsigned manuscript].

Admiralty memorandum on dispositions of Royal Naval vessels in the North Sea, September 1911. [Duplicate typescript].

Admiralty memorandum on the movements of the German High Seas Fleet during the Moroccan negotiations, September - November 1911 [over Agadir]. [unsigned manuscript].

Admiralty memorandum on cruisers and scouts for the main battle fleet, particularly the "Super Swift" and "Super Active" classes. [Manuscript].

Minute from [WSC] to the 1st Sea Lord [Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman] and the 2nd Sea Lord [Rear-Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] on the new fleet organisation, recommending that each squadron of the "First Fleet" be based at a particular port.

Memorandum by Captain Maurice Hankey, Assistant Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence, on the necessity for co-ordinating staff work afloat. [Typescript, initialled by WSC].

Admiralty memorandum on procedure at the Admiralty in the event of outbreak of war. [Carbon copy].

Letter from WSC to Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary], on the interchange of naval information with Germany, suggesting that the Government should reply to the German proposal [? for an interchange] after the German elections. [Manuscript copy in letter book].

Letter from WSC, to Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher, on cruiser design. [Manuscript copy in letter book].

Letter from WSC to Field Marshal 1st Lord Roberts, on the Army's unpreparedness for war, stating that he was generally in favour of compulsory military service, but did not feel that it was necessary to introduce it at that time, also commenting on the Royal Navy's superiority over Germany. [Manuscript copy in letter book].

Letter from WSC to Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] with an account of Sir Ernest Cassel's visit to Germany and meetings with Albert Ballin [naval adviser to Kaiser Wilhelm II], and Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg [Chancellor of Germany]; also giving his observations on the German Naval Law, which would require new and vigorous measures on Britain's part. [Manuscript copy in letter book].

Telegram from Sir Ernest Cassel to Albert Ballin [naval adviser to Kaiser Wilhelm II], Berlin [Germany] drafted by Cassel, WSC, 1st Lord Haldane [Secretary of State for War] and Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] on the German Naval Law. [Manuscript copy in letter book].

Letter from WSC to Herbert Asquith, Prime Minister [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith], on the naval policy for the Dominions, proposing the establishment of a joint Imperial Squadron, consisting of three battle cruisers, and three light cruisers, provided by Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and India. [Manuscript copy in letter book].

Letter from WSC to Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher, defending the appointments of Rear-Admiral Sir [Archibald] Berkeley Milne as Commander-in-Chief to the Mediterranean Fleet and Admiral Sir Hedworth Meux [earlier Hedworth Lambton] as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. [Manuscript copy in letter book].

Letter from WSC to Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] on the exchange of naval information with Germany. [Manuscript copy in letter book].

Letter from WSC to [Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman], 1st Sea Lord, on the gunnery question. [Manuscript copy in letter book].

Letter from WSC (The Wharf, Sutton Courtney [Berkshire]) to David Lloyd George [Chancellor of the Exchequer], objecting to the Cabinet decision not to raise naval pay, stating that he could be faced with the resignation of the Sea Lords as a body, making his position as First Lord of the Admiralty untenable. [Manuscript copy in letter book].

Letter from WSC to Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary], on naval movements in the Mediterranean. [Manuscript copy in letter book].

Letter from WSC to Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener [British Agent and Consul-General in Egypt], on naval forces in the Mediterranean. [Manuscript copy in letter book].

Letter from WSC to Admiral Sir George Callaghan [Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet], on the forthcoming Naval Manoeuvres. [Manuscript copy in letter book].

Letter from WSC to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on the naval building programme, expressing his loyalty to Asquith, and his "conviction of your superior judgement and superior record on naval matters", and stating that he would go to all possible lengths to prevent disagreement in the Cabinet, but that "no reduction or postponement beyond the year of the four ships is possible to me". [Manuscript copy in letter book].

Letter from WSC to Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary], urging him to support the naval building programme. [Manuscript copy in letter book].

Letter from WSC to Prince Louis of Battenberg [later 1st Lord Milford Haven], 1st Sea Lord, on paper by the Chancellor of the Exchequer [David Lloyd George] proposing a reduction in the naval building programme, stating that he could not remain responsible if the declared programme of four ships were cut down. [Manuscript copy in letter book].

Letter from WSC to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on the Naval Estimates. [Manuscript copy in letter book].