Correspondents include: Herbert Samuel [High Commissioner in Palestine] on the civil administration in Palestine and the military troops (2); Sir Laming Worthington-Evans [Secretary of State for War] on the reduction of British troops in Mesopotamia [Iraq]; Edwin Montagu [Secretary of State for India] on the unequal status of Indians in South Africa and in Kenya (6); Leo Amery [Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Colonies] on subjects including recommendations for homours; General Sir Aylmer Haldane, Commander in Chief Mesopotamia [Iraq] on the recruitment of the Arab army and attacks against the Turks; Sir George Fiddes [Permanent Under Secretary of State for the Colonies]; Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence]; Sir Francis Newdegate [Governor of Western Australia] on the discovery of oil; William Hughes [Prime Minister of Australia] and 1st Lord Jellicoe [Governor General and Commander in Chief, New Zealand] .Other subjects include: reduction in Colonial Office expenditure and the death of Lady Randolph Churchill.Also includes copies of correspondence from WSC to the individuals mentioned above on subjects including honours and internal departmental correspondence and a pamphlet from the Roman Catholic Federation.