Copies of minutes by JA, mainly to Harold Watkinson, Minister of Defence, but also to the Prime Minister [(Maurice) Harold Macmillan, later 1st Lord Stockton] and Edward Heath [Lord Privy Seal], on subjects including: space flight; the RAF base on Addu Atoll, in the Maldives; long term requirements of the RAF; JA's impressions of the American and Canadian Air Forces; Malaysia; future defence requirements; defence of Kuwait; the airborne deterrent after 1970; RAF forces in Muscat [Masqat] and Oman.

Also includes: a souvenir from JA's visit to the United States Air Force; a copy of President John F Kennedy's reports to Congress on the American defence budget; JA's memorandum to accompany the air estimates, 1961-62.