Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street) to G I Holmes (Tower Chambers, London Wall, [London]) giving his views on reduction of spending on the Army and Navy and on the importation of Chinese Labour into South Africa. Typescript copy annotated by WSC and Annette Anning Other copies at CHAR 2/22/44 and CHAR 2/22/47.

Letter from Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon] (Foreign Office) to WSC referring to a form of words [concerning Anglo-French naval co-operation] suggested by Pierre-Paul Cambon [French Ambassador in London] for exchange between the two governments.

Letter from Edwin Arrowsmith (1 Carlyle Mansions, Cheyne Walk, London) to [WSC] stating that he is a Conservative but that he supports WSC's determination to maintain Britain's naval supremacy. Reports that his nephew, Professor Douglas Savory of Belfast University [Ulster, Ireland] has encountered strong anti-British feeling on his visits to Germany.

Speech by in the House of Commons by Joseph Compton-Rickett on the need to maintain Britain's naval supremacy against a possible German threat and the "civilising" effects of a French presence in Tunis, Algeria and Morocco. Annotated typescipt.

Cuttings from Canadian newspapers: WSC's explanation of the resignation from the Admiralty of three Sea Lords. Sent with CHAR 2/53/81-82.

Letter from Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] (Whittingehame, Prestonkirk, [East Lothian, Scotland]) to WSC thanking him for his letter and assuring him that he has never let political differences destroy private friendships. Expresses pleasure at WSC's appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty and refers to the changes brought about by the rapid advances in naval technology, including submarines.

Figures, with explanatory notes, on the relationship between national income and defence spending from 1812 to 1910, compiled for Reginald McKenna [First Lord of the Admiralty.] Annotated typescript.

Copy of a letter from [Lord Northcliffe, formerly Alfred Harmsworth] to WSC passing on a recommendation from an American associate that British ships should be equipped with vernadium steel protective deck plates which are used in German and Austrian ships.

Letter from [Vice-Admiral Sir] George Warrender (H M S King George V) to Jenny [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he comments on WSC's responsibilities as First Lord of the Admiralty; discusses the sinking of the Lusitania and the American casualties, the improvement of the fleet and his affection for her. Signed typescript.

Letter from [Dame] Vera Laugton Mathews [Director Women's Royal Naval Service] (Admiralty) expressing her grateful thoughts as a "representative of a very large body of women" for WSC's war leadership. [signed manuscript].

Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC suggesting a minute to General [Sir Hastings] Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence] on a Captain Davis RN of the Projectile Development Establishment proceeding to the Grand Fleet. [Copy; given running numbers 214 and 215].

Letter from Lieutenant Edwin Russell, USNR, ("At sea" on USS Oklahoma City; [posted at] Fleet Post Office, San Francisco [United States]) to WSC: congratulating him on victory; reminiscing on his wartime meetings with WSC and CSC, his experiences in wartime London and with the British Navy; and commenting on American views on the Royal Navy and Anglo-American relations generally. [signed manuscript; received 14 June].

Cabinet memorandum by Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir John Anderson, later 1st Lord Waverley] on man-power in the second half of 1945, including as an appendix a memorandum by the Minister of Labour and National Service [R A Butler].

War Cabinet memorandum by the First Lord of the Admiralty [A V Alexander, later 1st Lord Alexander of Hillsborough] marked "Top Secret" on the navy's manpower requirements for 1 June to 31 December 1945.

Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "The Attack on the Tirpitz by midget submarines on 22nd September, 1943", reprinting contemporary and later despatches from Rear Admiral [Claud] Barry (8 November 1943 and 2 February 1944) and Rear Admiral [George] Creasy (26 July 1945), with later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary].

Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Operations in connection with the landings in the Gulf of Salerno [Italy] on 9th September, 1943", reprinting a despatch from Sir Andrew Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station (8 March 1945), with later Admiralty foreword and footnotes, and an appendix on planning the operation. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary].

Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Naval Operations in the Aegean between the 7th September, 1943, and 28th November, 1943" reprinting a contemporary despatch from Vice-Admiral Sir Algernon Willis, Commander-in-Chief, Levant [Syria and Lebanon] (27 December 1943), with later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary, and his literary assistant Denis Kelly].

Page proofs [for a supplement to the London Gazette] entitled "Sinking of the German Battle-Cruiser Scharnhorst on the 26th December, 1943" reprinting a contemporary despatch from Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet (28 January 1944), with later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary].

Page proofs [for a supplement to the London Gazette] entitled "Operations in Ramree Island [Burma, later Myanmar] Area, 19th January to 22nd February, 1945", reprinting contemporary despatches and reports from Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Power, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station (2 May 1945), Rear-Admiral L C S Martin, Flag Officer Force W (20 March), and Captain Eric Bush, Senior Officer Advanced Force W (22 February), with later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?WSC's secretary].

Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "The Final Stages of the Naval War in North-West Europe", reprinting contemporary despatches and reports from Admiral Sir Harold Burrough, Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief, Expeditionary Force (4 December and 13 July 1945), with later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary, and his literary assistant Denis Kelly].