Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Richard Casey [Australian Minister for Supply and Development]; John Boland, General Secretary, Catholic Truth Society, on allegations in the United States press on WSC's opposition to the entry of the United States into the First World War (3); Sir Charles Petrie on using letters by WSC in his biography of Sir Austen Chamberlain (2); Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister, on speaking in the House of Commons; Sir Evan Charteris on WSC's broadcast (1 October ["The First...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: George Lambert; Harold Laski on the death of his father Nathan Laksi; "Jack" [John] Lawson (2); [Bernard] Sendall [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Information] on United States recordings of WSC's speeches; Major [Richard] Eric Long (3) including (1) sending on a letter from [Robert] Hudson [Minister of Agriculture] on Long's gardener; [Dame] Edith Lyttelton [Mrs Arthur Lyttelton] (3) including (2) on an English Speaking Union luncheon; Oliver Lyttelton...

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Minute from WSC to Minister of Information [Geoffrey Lloyd] marked "indexed" suggesting that he study some of the commentaries made on the British Movietone by Leslie Mitchell, as WSC has been "disagreeably impressed by his boastful and trampling manner", and asking whether this commentator can be induced to be more moderate in tone.

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Memorandum from Geoffrey Lloyd [Minister of Information] to WSC replying to his personal minute [complaining about the tone adopted in commentaries by Leslie Mitchell], stating that he will take this up with the heads of British Movietone News who "are co-operating well at the present time", and expressing hope that they would take notice of a suggestion that their commentaries be toned down. [Initialled typescript] Initialled and dated by WSC in red ink on 21 Jun.

Scope and Contents Correspondence and Cabinet report concerning broadcasts by J B Priestley [author] for the BBC, which despite an initial following declined in popularity; concern over anti-Government sentiments expressed with correspondents including: WSC; Martin Russell and 6th Lord Hood [Private Secretaries to the Minister of Information]; [Alfred] Duff Cooper [Minister of Information, later 1st Lord Norwich]; John Peck and Edith Watson [Private Secretaries to WSC]; Rupert Beckett [Chairman, the Yorkshire...