Memoranda by LSA on subjects including: the need for a reconstruction Cabinet after the war; policy on Imperial Preference and safeguarding of industry; the relation of overseas trade with employment; war reparations from Germany which could be used for Imperial development; Empire development as a part of trade policy; proposed financial assistance to develop Imperial resources; the Safeguarding of Industries Act, as applied to France, Belgium and Italy; Civil Commissioners and supply and transport organisation; co-ordination of defence forces.

Also includes: first report of the committee on organisation of the after-war army (the Grigg Report), with covering letter from Edward Grigg [later 1st Lord Altrincham]; memorandum by the Colonial Office Middle East Department on policy towards Mosul [Iraq]; memoranda by the Imperial Communications Committee, Maurice Headlam, Treasury representative, LSA and the Postmaster-General [Sir William Joynson-Hicks, later 1st Lord Brentford] on an Imperial wireless system; report of the sub-committee on development of a commercial airship service, or the Burney Airship scheme.