Correspondents include: [John] Donald Ferguson, Private Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the search for papers at the Treasury; [4th Lord] Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne] on the Irish oath of allegiance and on the position adopted by the government; Sir Harry Brittain on financial settlements with the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; and J H Morgan on the legal basis of the position of Eamon De Valera.Also includes: copies of letters from WSC to the individuals mentioned above on subjects including the effect of breaking a treaty; official papers on the Parliamentary Oath of Allegiance and the Irish Free State and land purchase annuities; and a copy of "Notes from Ireland" on the "Statute of Westminster and after".Other subjects covered by the file include: the basis of De Valera's claims to Irish nationality.