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Pamphlet by Captain C J B H Dressner, consisting of reprints from newspapers, 1894-99, on his aviation experiments.

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Letter from Captain Hugh Watson [Naval Attache], (British Embassy, Berlin [Germany]) to Edward Marsh, [Private Secretary to WSC], reporting his observations of a new German Naval Airship.

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Letter from Captain Hugh Watson, [Naval Attache], (British Embassy, Berlin [Germany]) to Edward Marsh, [Private Secretary to WSC], with a report on hostile German press reports inveighing against the sale of a German airship to Britain.

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Submission from Captain Murray Sueter, [Director of the Air Department], (Admiralty), to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the purchase of an airship from the Parseval Company in Germany, stating that it was due for delivery by 31 Mar 1913, but that no agreement had been reached with the German Government for British Inspecting Officers to visit Germany to watch the progress of construction and attend trials.

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Letter from WSC, [First Lord of the Admiralty], to Sir Robert Chalmers, [Permanent Secretary of the Treasury], objecting to the Treasury's third refusal on the subject of establishing an Air Department at the Admiralty. [Carbon].

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Letter from Board of Admiralty to the Treasury, on the Treasury's opposition to the establishment of an Air Department at the Admiralty, [draft carbon, with covering letter from WSC to Sir (William) Graham Greene, Secretary to the Board of Admiralty].

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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on the protection of naval magazines at Crombie [Forfarshire, Scotland], particularly against overhead attack, predicting that within a few years it would be possible for an aeroplane depot ship to come within range of the coast and launch aircraft which could easily destroy the magazines. [Carbon].

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Letter from Lord Northcliffe [earlier Alfred Harmsworth], (Hotel Majestic, Paris [France]) to WSC, enclosing a note of his conversation with Orville Wright, on airships and aircraft, stating that the effect of bombing from airships had been exaggerated, and that Britain might have more to fear from German aircraft.

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Letter from John Seely [Secretary of State for War, later 1st Lord Mottistone), (War Office), to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] agreeing to the proposal for the establishment of an Aeronautical Research Office under the joint control of the War Office and the Admiralty.

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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Prince Louis of Battenberg [1st Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven], on naval aviation, suggesting that it should be the responsibility of the 2nd Sea Lord, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. [Carbon].

Scope and Contents Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher (Hotel Excelsior, Naples [Italy]) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on subjects including: relations with Germany; praising WSC's speech in Glasgow [Scotland] on Naval Defence [to the Clyde Navigation Trustees, 9 February]; criticising the visit by 1st Lord Haldane [Secretary of State for War] to Germany; warship design and construction, particularly of the "Super-Swift" and "Super-Active" classes; the importance of aircraft and submarines;...

Scope and Contents Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher (Hotel Excelsior, Naples [Italy]) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on subjects including: relations with Germany; praising WSC's speech in Glasgow [Scotland] on Naval Defence [to the Clyde Navigation Trustees, 9 February]; criticising the visit by 1st Lord Haldane [Secretary of State for War] to Germany; warship design and construction, particularly of the "Super-Swift" and "Super-Active" classes; the importance of aircraft and submarines;...

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Letter from Field Marshal 1st Lord Roberts, (Englemere, Ascot, Berkshire) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] objecting to the proposed transfer of airships from the Royal Flying Corps to the Royal Navy, and the resulting loss of aviation training and experience in peacetime.

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Letter from [WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty], to [Field Marshal 1st Lord Roberts] on the proposed transfer of airships from the Royal Flying Corps to the Royal Navy. [Carbon].

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Letter from Colonel Sir [Edouard] Percy Girouard, (Brooks's Club, St James's Street [London]) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on naval aviation.

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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on provision in the new building programme to construct four airships. [Carbon copy].

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Minute by [? James Masterton Smith, Private Secretary to WSC] on inaccurate statements by Captain Gerald Vivian, commander of the Naval Flying Base ship Hermes, during discussions to decide types of aeroplanes to be bought by the Admiralty.

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Admiralty memorandum on military and naval aviation, including a summary of the situation in France, Italy, Russia and Germany, uses of airships and aeroplanes in naval warfare, airship design and construction and costs of new aircraft. [Printed, and circulated to the cabinet].

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Report by Lieutenant-Colonel Alick Russell, Military Attache at the British Embassy, Berlin [Germany] on the development of the German Airship Fleet; includes covering note by WSC. [Printed, and circulated to the Cabinet].

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First Lord of the Admiralty's Minutes: Fourth Series (Air, August 1913 to June 1914). [Printed].

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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to General [Sir Ian Hamilton, General Officer Commanding-in Chief, Mediterranean] on the favourable prospects open to aeroplanes and airships in the Mediterranean, and his intention to start Air Stations at Malta and Gibraltar. [Carbon copy].

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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on his concern over delays in reaching a decision on the new Air Programme. WSC stresses Britain's lack of progress compared to other countries, and recommends beginning the construction of at least two Zeppelin airships "so that the art of making them is not wholly unknown to us". [Carbon copy].

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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to an unidentified correspondent on Air Expenditure. [Carbon copy].

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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 2nd Sea Lord [Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], the Secretary of the Admiralty [Sir (William) Graham Greene] and the Private Office, on a paper by [Jellicoe] on the need for urgent action on naval aviation. [Carbon copy].

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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Naval Secretary, Admiralty [Rear-Admiral Dudley de Chair] on his intention to mark the development of the Naval Air Service by further promotion of flying officers. WSC suggests that all Lieutenants commanding squadrons be given the seniority to wear the half-stripe of an 8-year Lieutenant, and that two of the more senior flying officers should be promoted to Commander. [Carbon copy].