Correspondents include: J R Greenwood of Craven Brothers (Manchester) Limited (10); James Blackshaw, Assistant Secretary (Ministry of Supply); Martin Lindsay; Norman Hulbert; William Craven-Ellis, Director, Craven Brothers; Antony Head; Sir Alfred Herbert; Cuthbert Alport; Sir John Greaves, Managing Director, Davey, Paxman and Company Limited. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Elizabeth Gilliatt, Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], and Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford]; and from WSC to some of those mentioned above and to 1st Lord Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann].Subjects include: the export of engines, machine tools, and scientific instruments, and the sale of Malaysian rubber to the Soviet Union and its satellites; the roles of Sweden and Germany in the export and production of such items; developing machine tools for the defence programme.Also includes: cuttings; details of exports of internal combustion engines and generators to the Soviet Union; details of the short term trade agreement 1947; statement by Greenwood; extract from the Economist; drafts of WSC's House of Commons motion and government amendment; a Czechoslovak biscuit wrapper; Craven Brothers schedule of orders to Poland and USSR 1948-50; Housewives' Association flyer.