Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: "F W D" or "Col D" [William Deakin, literary assistant], WSC, [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt], and [George Gordon Allen].Also includes: proofs and cuttings from prints of 1939 letters, minutes, and memoranda from WSC, Minister of Supply [Edward Leslie Burgin], and Prime Minister [Neville Chamberlain], for incorporation into the chapter; provisional proofs entitled "Admiralty - selected papers" and sections provisionally intended to feature in a chapter entitled "The Baltic: Catherine: (new construction)" (also called "The Baltic Dream").Please note that majority of file dates from 1947.