Includes correspondence with William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, (8).Also includes carbon copies of letters from WSC to Bridgeman and Austen Chamberlain [Foreign Secretary], Prime Minister [Stanley Baldwin] and 1st Lord Beatty [1st Sea Lord]; abstract of sketch navy estimates.Subjects include: problems over the increase in navy estimates, including its discussion at Cabinet level; the defence of Singapore; the threat of Japan; information demanded from the Admiralty by the Treasury; marriage allowances in the navy.