Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher (Grand Hotel National, Lucerne [Switzerland]) to WSC, commenting on Charles A'Court-Repington [earlier Charles A'Court]'s writings on naval strategy: "these soldiers are such d--d fools when they wade out to sea!", stating that "sea strategy is so simple that it completely deceives these great brains", also on the advantage of a Naval War Staff, which meant that the country was not ruined if there was a "d--d fool" as 1st Sea Lord. [Typescript copy of CHAR 13/2/16-20].