Includes notes, comments and correspondence on Volume 1 from individuals including: William Deakin (4); Denis Kelly on subjects including the errors of the Versailles Treaty and general notes on Volume 1 (8); "Pug" [Sir Hastings Ismay] on subjects including the Stresa Conference [Italy], the session of the League of Nations condemning Germany in 1935, and the appointment of Vice Chiefs of Staff (2); Duncan Sandys; George [Gordon] Allen. Also includes notes and annotations by individuals including WSC, Sir Edward Marsh, William Deakin, Denis Kelly, [?] Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, and Elizabeth Gilliatt, "N S" [Jo Sturdee, later Lady Onslow], Chips Gemmell and Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], WSC's secretaries.Also includes: notes on Labour Party speeches, 1935 - 1939; an issue of the Times reporting a speech by Stanley Baldwin [Prime Minister] to the Peace Society (International) (1935); notes on British foreign policy, 1931 - 1936; chapter outlines for Book 1; extract from a letter from WSC to Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord Templewood], First Lord of the Admiralty, on the need to increase battleship armaments; printing instructions; draft lay-out for Volume 1; galley proofs of an unpublished appendix on comparative British and German air strengths, and of a bibliography; notes on extracts from Volume 1 for Life Magazine.