Correspondents include: A V Alexander [First Lord of the Admiralty] (2); Bernard Sendall, Admiralty; representatives of the Society of Friends Germany Emergency Committee (3); [Charles] Vernon Bartlett; [Henry] Montague Bell; 1st Lord Bledisloe [earlier Charles Bathurst] on a broadcast by LSA; Robert Boothby on subjects including getting a rebuke from Winston Churchill (2); Robert Bower (2); Doreen, Lady Brabourne; Henry Brailsford on a war cry for Europe; Alexander Lindsay on the attitude among the Indian Civil Service to Dominion status for India (3); Demetrius Caclamanos; 1st Lord Caldecote [Secretary of State for the Dominions, earlier Thomas Inskip] on a proposed American base in Newfoundland [Canada]; [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain on leaving politics, commenting that some of LSA's actions had hurt him deeply; Winston Churchill, Prime Minister, on subjects including declining the freedom of Blackpool [Lancashire] (6); John Colville [Assistant Private Secretary to Churchill]; Major-General Thomas Hutton, Deputy Chief of General Staff, India, praising the Indian troops in North Africa; Ronald Cross [Minister of Shipping] on using Port Churchill in Saskatchewan [Canada] as a convoy base; Lord Cranborne [Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, later 5th Lord Salisbury]; [Edward] Hugh Dalton [Minister of Economic Warfare] on making use of senior French officers being retired by General Maxime Weygand [French Minister of National Defence]; Sidney Dark, Editor of the Church Times; Sir Percival David; Frances, Lady Davidson [later Baroness Northchurch] on propaganda about Jawaharlal Nehru being sent to Labour organizations; [Robert] Anthony Eden [Secretary of State for War, later 1st Lord Avon] on 1st Lord Davies's proposed International Volunteer Force and King Zog of Albania (3); Geoffrey Dawson [Editor of the Times, earlier Geoffrey Robinson] on the bombing of Printing House Square [London]; Blanche Dugdale; [Willoughby] Clive Garsia ["Guy Cottar"] on organization of the war effort and his book "A Key to Victory" (2); Major-General Sir Hastings Ismay [Deputy Secretary (Military) to War Cabinet] on Garsia's book; J L Garvin [Editor of the Observer] (2); Harold Grime, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the West Lancashire Evening Gazette; Sir Maurice Gwyer, Chief Justice of India, on the political situation in India; Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Haining [Vice-Chief Imperial General Staff] on finding a position for Orde Wingate in the Middle East; Lord Halifax [Foreign Secretary, earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] on subjects including the supply of arms to Finland, financial support for French political leaders, the difficulty of arguing with Churchill on India, inducing the Soviet Union to buy Romanian oil, the exiled Government of the Netherlands, the mission of 1st Lord Willingdon [earlier Freeman Freeman-Thomas] to South America and the question of forming a Romanian National Committee in Britain while withdrawing the British Mission to Romania (7); Sir Alexander Hardinge [Private Secretary to King George VI] on concerns about the capability of Admiral of the Fleet Sir [Alfred] Dudley Pound, 1st Sea Lord; Henry Harrison (3); Hubert Henderson, War Cabinet, on a memorandum by LSA on war aims and post-war policy, particularly on the economy and European union; Lionel Curtis; Sir Samuel Hoare [British Ambassador to Spain, later 1st Lord Templewood] on subjects including LSA becoming Secretary of State for India, contacting John Amery, and the lack of liaison with non-occupied France, the effect on refugees and British subjects in France, and Hoare's isolation in Spain (2); Major-General Sir Hastings Ismay [Deputy Secretary (Military) to War Cabinet] on subjects including co-operation between Germany and the IRA; [William] Stephen King-Hall on his likely decision to oppose the Government in the national interest; Sir John Latham on war preparations in Australia and the lack of leadership from Britain; [Beatrice] Violet, Lady Leconfield; Sir Roderick Jones [Chairman and Managing Director of Reuters] (2); Lady [Ada] Edwina Lewin [later 3rd Countess Roberts] on subjects including keeping in touch with John Amery (2); Colin Thornley, Colonial Office; 2nd Lord Lytton, Chairman of the Council of Aliens; Sir George Macdonogh, criticizing Government handling of the war; 1st Lord Marchwood [earlier George Frederick Penny]; Sir Charles Marston; Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia on the war effort; 1st Lord Midleton [earlier William Brodrick]; [William] Arthur Moore on the serious situation in India, particularly in aircraft construction, modernization of the army and the souring political mood; Desmond Morton [Personal Assistant to Churchill]; Sir Firoz Khan Noon, High Commissioner for India in London; Sir [Herbert] Stanley Reed on the Indian constitution (2); William Robinson (3); Sir Cecil Hunter-Rodwell; Sir Claud Schuster [President of the Alpine Club]; Sir Walford Selby [British Ambassador to Portugal] on Portuguese sympathy for the Allies (2); 1st Lord Simon; Charalambos Simopoulos [Greek Ambassador to Britain]; Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary of State for Air [later 1st Lord Thurso] on why more could not be done to help Greece (2); Ralph Stevenson [Principal Private Secretary to Halifax] on the effects of a speech by LSA about helping Greece; Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] on subjects including LSA's return to the Cabinet, the barbarity of Nazism, defence in Africa, the collapse of France, delaying diplomatic appointments, Britain's drastic efforts to combat civil disobedience in India and the development of the war in the Mediterranean and Middle East (3); Cornelia Sorabji; 7th Lord Stanhope [earlier Lord Mahon] on the death of his wife; Edgar Stogdon; Sir Stephen Tallents [Controller (Public Relations) BBC]; Viorel Tilea on plans for post-war Europe; Averil, Lady Tryon on the death of 1st Lord Tryon; Sir Samuel Turner; [Alfred] Duff Cooper [Minister of Information, later 1st Lord Norwich] on taxing book exports (2); Sir Hereward Wake; Sir Fabian Ware on subjects including sinking the French fleet (2); the 2nd Duke of Westminster [earlier Lord Belgrave]; Sir Geoffrey Whiskard; [Arthur] Basil Williams (2); Sir Rhys Rhys-Williams; [?] Ronald Wingate on dealing with the Indian Congress; Sir [John] Evelyn Wrench, English-Speaking Union; George Young; 2nd Lord Zetland [former Secretary of State for India, earlier Lord Ronaldshay] congratulating LSA on securing a greater role for Indians in forming the new Indian constitution.

Also includes: letter from Churchill in 1903 on army reform; memorandum by 1st Lord Davies on a proposed International Volunteer Force; memorandum on Anglo-Irish relations, suggesting a solution to the deadlock; remonstrance to Churchill on Irish defence forces being controlled by the Royal Ulster Constabulary; despatch from Sir Miles Lampson [British Ambassador to Egypt and High Commissioner for the Sudan, later 1st Lord Killearn] on the political situation in Egypt, with comments from LSA on Lampson's attitude; text of broadcast by Sir [Herbert] Stanley Reed on the changed attitude to India in Parliament, and on a speech by LSA on the new constitution.