Correspondents include: 7th Lord Longford [earlier Lord Pakenham] on the decision to stop building aircraft carriers; Admiral Sir Varyl Begg, 1st Sea Lord, on the 1966 Defence Review, particularly relating to aircraft carriers; Sir Geoffrey de Freitas, Chairman of the Labour Party’s Defence Committee, on Davis's concerns about the future of NATO; John Moore, Editor of Jane’s Fighting Ships, on concerns about the state of the Navy; Admiral of the Fleet Sir Caspar John.

Also includes Davis's speech on aircraft for maritime purposes from 1922 onwards, relating to the debate on the future of aircraft carriers, 1966.