Memorandum by Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] laying down the six conditions required to guarantee "the successful termination of the war and the total abolition of the submarine menace." Copy of the original sent with CHAR 2/153/38.

Letter from [WSC] to Lord Oxford and Asquith [earlier Herbert Asquith] commenting on the demands of Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] for supreme naval power in 1915 [see CHAR 2/153/39-41], which WSC sees as evidence of Fisher's treacherous conduct, and the documents on the issuing of orders to the Fleet which passed between WSC and the Sea Lords during that period. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from [WSC] to Sir William Tyrrell stressing the need for Britain to avoid military entanglement in Iraq and suggesting that the Amir [the King of Afghanistan] be conveyed to Europe in a British war ship so that the Royal Navy can make a deep impression on his mind. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Sir Roger Keyes [later Lord Keyes] (at sea on the HMS "Queen Elizabeth") to WSC commenting on WSC's paper on the need for a cruiser building programme and considering what would be needed for the protection of convoys in any future war.

Extract from the "Times": statement by 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] at Oxford rejecting the charge that WSC as Chancellor of the Exchequer was advocating increased spending on the Army and Navy. Typescript copy.

Letter from [WSC] to Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken] describing how he mobilised the Navy in 1914 without the Cabinet's authority. Carbon typescript copy.

Notes by Edward Marsh on the account by Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken] of the mobilisation of the Navy in 1914.

Letter from [WSC] to Sir Roger Keyes [later Lord Keyes] on the court martial proceedings against Captain Kenneth Dewar and Commander Henry Daniel arising from events on board HMS "Royal Oak". Carbon typescript copy. Another copy at CHAR 2/157/73-75.

Letter from [WSC] to William Bridgeman reporting that Captain Kenneth Dewar has declined Lord Beaverbrook's [earlier Sir Max Aitken] offer to pay for a King's Counsel to defend him and Commander Henry Daniel in their court martial and expressing confidence that Dewar's conduct in the case will not damage the Navy's reputation. Carbon typescript copy. Another copy at CHAR 2/157/77.

Letter from Kenneth Dewar (Branksome, Sevenoaks, [Kent]) to WSC complaining about the conduct of his court martial arising from events on HMS "Royal Oak".

Letter from Kenneth Dewar (Branksome, Sevenoaks, [Kent]) to [Sir Oswyn Murray] on the court martial proceedings against him arising from events on HMS "Royal Oak". Typescript copy.

Letter from WSC (Admiralty) to Andrew Bonar Law asking for his conduct at the Admiralty to be judged on the basis of the facts. Typescript copy sent with CHAR 2/157/104.

Humorous poem on the courts martial arising from events on HMS "Royal Oak". Sent with CHAR 2/157/115-116.

Notes by WSC and William Bridgeman on the court martial of Captain Kenneth Dewar and Commander Henry Daniel arising from events on HMS "Royal Oak".

Account, based on the testimony of Sir Malcolm Robertson, of the way in which news of the setting out for south America of HMS "Invincible" and HMS "Inflexible" in 1914 became generally known because of careless radio operators. Sent with CHAR 2/157/30.

Letter from [WSC] to Lord Balfour [earlier Arthur Balfour] on: British naval policy with regard to that of the United States; the hard work involved in finishing the volume of "The World Crisis" on the peace conferences; Maurice Hankey's vindication of Balfour against the "calumnies" of Ray Stannard Baker; WSC's wish to print a passage from one of Balfour's Cabinet papers which states British policy towards Russia at the end of the war. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from [WSC] to Sir Maurice Hankey asking whether there is a Committee of Imperial Defence paper which shows the reduction of Navy and scrap tonnage after the war, and asking for details on the claim of the United States that they reduced their battle fleet after the war for the sake of parity with Britain. Typescript carbon copy.

Table issued by the Admiralty statistics department showing the ships scrapped since the Armistice and the ships under construction or on order at that time which were subsequently cancelled. Sent with CHAR 2/164/60.

Reprint from the "Daily Telegraph": article claiming that the Royal Navy is greatly inferior in size to the United States Navy.

Letter from Eva, Lady Keyes (Admiralty House, Portsmouth, [Hampshire]) to WSC pressing the claims of Sir Roger Keyes [later Lord Keyes] to be First Sea Lord.

Letter from Sir Roger Keyes [later Lord Keyes] (Admiralty House, Portsmouth, [Hampshire]) to WSC on: the honour done him at Bristol; his role in anti-submarine operations during the war; his being told that the "Royal Oak" incident does not count against him [in his competition with Sir Mostyn Field to be First Sea Lord].

Letter from 1st Lord Beatty [earlier Sir David Beatty] (The Priory, Reigate, Surrey) to WSC expressing concern about the naval situation and the "shameful" bargain recently arrived at by the Government, and asking to meet WSC to discuss the means of co-ordinating the efforts of those who wish to remove the public apathy on the issue.