Scope and Contents Correspondence (mainly consisting of letters written by LSA while Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet) between LSA and correspondents including: Frederick Oliver, on LSA's view of David Lloyd George as Prime Minister, complaints against the Government and the inefficiency of the Admiralty; [William] Sefton Brancker on leaving the post of Director of Air Organisation and LSA's views on the development of aviation routes in the Empire (2); Christopher Addison [Minister in Charge of...

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Letter from Charles Watney, Watney & Powell, Courtfield Road, London SW7 to WSC, enclosing press cutting containing report of meeting of Wednesbury Town Council, demanding that the Government make provision for the protection of the civilians in the event of air attack.

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Letter from WSC to Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, on his willingness to serve on the Air Defence Research Committee. Stating that he must remain free to debate all the general issues of air strength, policy and programmes [typescript copy].

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Letter from WSC to Edward Fitzroy, Speaker of the House of Commons, on Fitzroy's conversation with Lord Winterton on the possibility of an Adjournment Debate on the relative air strengths of Britain and Germany [carbon].

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Letter from WSC to Ramsay Macdonald, Prime Minister, on the possibility of a House of Commons Debate on the relative air strength of Britain and Germany. Asking for debates on defence and the foreign situation on one of the earliest Supply Days after the Easter recess. Giving notice of question on the subject at Prime Minister's Questions [carbon].

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Letter from Lord Londonderry (Secretary of State for Air), Londonderry House, Park Lane, London, to WSC, on debate on German air re-armament. Suggesting meeting to discuss the situation after Easter.

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Letter from Sir Henry Page-Croft (Southwell Gardens, Gloucester Road, London SW7) to WSC, thanks for telegram suggesting that he should read Daily Telegraph article on German air strength - describing it as a complete vindication of the warnings WSC had given on German air preparations.

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Letter from WSC to Stanley Baldwin, Lord President of the Council, sending copy of memorandum of his case on forthcoming debate on the Air Estimates. Commenting that he feared that Germany was ahead of Britain, not only in actual air power, but also in the momentum which their air industry had acquired [carbon].

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Letter from Lord Rothermere Stratton House, Piccadilly, London, to WSC, commenting that it looked as if "war will be here soon after the end of the summer", and that he had heard via a Swiss banker that Germany had considerably more than 20,000 aircraft.

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Letter from Lord Rothermere Stratton House, Piccadilly, London, to WSC, reporting conversation with Captain Norman Macmillan, President of the National League of Airmen. Stating that the League had obtained information that Germany had 441 aerodromes, nearly 20,000 aircraft and over 18,000 pilots.

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Letter from Lord Londonderry, Secretary of State for Air to WSC, thanks for memorandum on German air strength. Stating that he was well aware of the dangers. Commenting that he recognised the determination of Germany to make themselves powerful enough to challenge the rest of the world as soon as possible. Stating that his paramount duty was to accelerate Britain's rate of development, and he was "leaving o stone unturned" to put policy into effect.

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Pamphlet - Volkerbund - The Journal of the German Association for League of Nations Questions - on "The Red Army".

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Letter from Lord Londonderry, Stratton House, Piccadilly, London, to WSC, enclosing memorandum by Captain Norman Macmillan - "An Analysis of Possible German Air Strength Today".

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Letter from Desmond Morton to WSC, commenting on memorandum by Norman Macmillan on German Air Strength [CHAR 2/243/68-77].

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Letter from WSC to H A Gwynne, on his comments in the Morning Post on German re-armament. Stating that there was no doubt that Germany was considerably stronger that Britain in the aim, and had the power to add to that lead indefinitely [carbon].

Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to H A Gwynne, The Morning Post, Tudor Street, London, EC4, on British and German air strength. Stating that there was no doubt that the German air force was already substantially stronger than the Royal Air Force at home, and that Britain was falling further and further behind every month. Also commenting on the definition of "first line air strength" and "military machines", and stating that by both tests the German strength in numbers and modernity was already greater...

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Letter from Lord Rothermere, (Stratton House, Piccadilly, London) to WSC, sending article from "Marianne" [not retained] summarising the German air position. Describing it as a modest statement, and stating that according to his sources German air preparations were much greater. Commenting that in air preparations the influence of Hermann Goering was decisive, and that at a meeting with journalists he had stated that he would build aeroplanes against a constellation of the powers.

Scope and Contents Letter from Desmond Morton, (21 Queen Anne's Gate, London, SW1) to Violet Pearman, Private Secretary to WSC, thanks for book "Hitler's Luftflotte" edited by Dorothy Woodman. Stating that there was no English translation of the book. Describing Woodman as being "very red" in her views, though she was more interested in hating Germany than hating capitalism. That her London house was a meeting place for a "gang of young communists from London University, and that she was one of the London...

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Letter from Samuel Haines, Haines & Co., Englewood, New Jersey, USA to WSC, on design of improved searchlights to assist air defence.

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Letter from Lord Rothermere, Stratton House, Piccadilly, London to WSC, on the impossibility of anti-aircraft defence of warships, concluding that warships could carry no more that one hour's ammunition, and that "warships are doomed except for mid-ocean purposes", enclosing cutting from the "Daily Telegraph" on high altitude bombing.

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Pamphlet "Volkerbund" the Journal of the German Association for League of Nations Questions No.144 on French Military Aviation.

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Letter from Major-General Harry Pritchard, Ospringe, Faversham, Kent, to WSC, on the question of aerial defence.

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Letter from Desmond Morton to WSC, on defence of warships against air attack.

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Notes by WSC on British and German air strength [2 carbon copies].

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Letter from Vice-Admiral Reginald Henderson, Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy, to WSC, on defence of warships against air attack.