Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on his concern over delays in reaching a decision on the new Air Programme. WSC stresses Britain's lack of progress compared to other countries, and recommends beginning the construction of at least two Zeppelin airships "so that the art of making them is not wholly unknown to us". [Carbon copy].