Correspondents include: [George] Young, [1st Secretary] Foreign Office, on a gift of a picture from a Chinese University; Michiels van Verduynen, Netherlands Ambassador [to the United Kingdom] and [Emanuel] Shinwell sending books; Michael Williams, [Valentine] Lawford (5), and [Guy] Millard (3) of the Foreign Office, and Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord Templewood, British Ambassador to Spain] (2) on gifts from abroad, including a gold watch from Juan Omarrementeria; Michael Wright of the British Embassy, Washington [United States] (2) on gifts of a copy of "Les Fossoyeurs" by Perinax [Charles Geraud] and a hand-embossed copy of the Atlantic Charter; Oswald Scott of the Ministry of Information on cigars from Portugal; Chief of the Polish Navy Admiral J Swirski and [Clifford] Jarrett [Principal Private Secretary to First Lord of the Admiralty] on a plaque commemorating co-operation between the Polish and Royal navies in 1939; Ludwik Grosfeld, Polish Minister of Finance, sending a set of commemorative stamps; Ralph Henderson of the Foreign Office on a celebration involving a giant cigar in Argentina; [Ivor] Richards (2) sending copies of his books on Basic English and Plato; [John] Russell [2nd Secretary] (British Embassy, Washington) on letters on Basic English; [Baron] de Cartier [de Marchienne], Belgian Ambassador [to Great Britain], on cigars from the Governor General of the Congo [later Zaire, then the Democratic Republic of the Congo]; [Alan] Hodge [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Information] on a painting for WSC from Chiang Kai-Shek [President of China] (2); Spyros Skouras, President 20th Century Fox, sending cigars, praising WSC, and commenting on Greece; General [George] Marshall [Chief of Staff of United States Army] on presenting a globe to WSC; Oliver Harvey [Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary] on WSC accepting a copy of a book from the United States. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from [Prime Minister's Private Secretaries] Francis Brown, [John] Peck, [Edith] Watson, [Leslie] Rowan, [Anthony] Bevir, and John Martin, WSC's secretaries "K H" [Kathleen Hill] and [Patrick] Kinna, CSC and her secretary "G H" [Grace Hamblin], and [Charles] Thompson [Personal Assistant to WSC]; and from WSC to some of those mentioned above and to the Turkish Ambassador [to Great Britain, Huseyin Rauf Orbay].Other subjects include: various other gifts sent or offered to WSC including statuettes of Generals [Sir Redvers] Buller and [Sir John] French [1st Lord Ypres], a piece of the cliffs of Dover [Kent], and a hammer from the people of Victoria Island, Canada; photographs of the handing over of Marshall's globe.Also includes: details of members of the Latin-American Press Delegation visiting Britain as guests of the British Council; a "Timesave" bookmark; details of the "Devil Plays" by Norme and Grace Braddock.