Telegram from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Secretary of the Admiralty [Sir (William) Graham Greene], the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven], the Chief of Staff [Vice-Admiral Sir (Frederick) Doveton Sturdee] and the Trade Division, proposing the formation of a National Armed Transport Service, utilising armed merchant cruisers for trade protection. [Typescript copy, on Colonial Office notepaper].