Scope and Contents First Lord of the Admiralty's printed minutes, February 1940.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (sometimes annotated with additional printed information) to: the Sea Lords, particularly 1st [Sea Lord, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound] and [3rd Sea Lord and] Controller [Rear-Admiral Bruce Fraser]; various naval directors; [Permanent] Secretary [Sir Archibald Carter]; Sir James Lithgow [Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs]; Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [Rear-Admiral Tom...

Scope and Contents First Lord of the Admiralty's printed minutes, March 1940.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (sometimes annotated with additional printed information) to: the Sea Lords, particularly 1st [Sea Lord, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound], [3rd Sea Lord and] Controller [Rear-Admiral Bruce Fraser], and 5th [Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Services, Vice-Admiral Guy Royle]; [Permanent] Secretary [Sir Archibald Carter]; Controller [of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs, Sir James Lithgow]; Deputy...

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Minute [from ?F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC on available aircraft and machine production. [Copy].

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Minute [from ?F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC on the need for flares as high-speed targets for Blenheims [bombers].

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Minute [from ?F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC on the dangers of gliding bombs to the Fleet.

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Minute [from ?F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC on anti-aircraft ammunition requirements.

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Minute [from ?F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC on allocations of ammunition used by fighters and bombers.

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Copy of a letter from WSC to [Walter] Long [later Lord Long, First Lord of the Admiralty] marked "most secret" on subjects including: his intentions toward the Royal Air Force and the Army; the independence of the Air Force and Air Ministry; proposals to enhance the the character of the air force with unique ranks and titles; organisation of the Air Council and proposed appointments.Carbon typescript signed with initials.

Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (War Office, Whitehall, SW1 [London]) to David Lloyd George about the situation in Mesopotamia [later Iraq] and Persia [later Iran] including: demands by [Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer] Haldane [Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamia] for troops and cavalry forces which cannot be met; WSC's suggestions for moving troops from India, Palestine, Constantinople [later Istanbul] and the Rhine; the need for troops in India; the difficulty of the position against the Bolsheviks in Persia;...

Scope and Contents Two copies of a letter from WSC to David Lloyd George [Prime Minister] about Iraq and the impossibility of WSC's task. WSC explains his difficulties: low numbers of forces; King Feisal who is "playing the fool, if not the knave"; overstretched finances combined with the need to retain troops; the hostility of the press; and lack of progress in developing oil. He recommends that Feisal is given an ultimatum that Britian will evacuate Iraq but explains that, if they are asked to stay, it will...

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Copy of a letter from WSC to Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood], Secretary of State for Air marked "private and personal" on the defence of Singapore, suggesting the use of air power instead of submarines.Unsigned carbon typescript.

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Letter from WSC to Sir Archibald Sinclair [Secretary of State for Air, later 1st Lord Thurso] on an investigation into the production of stabilized bombsights. [Carbon].

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Letter, annotated, from WSC to 1st Lord Simon [Lord Chancellor] asking to borrow Sir John Singleton [Lord Justice Singleton] for an inquiry into the production of stabilized bombsights.

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Minute [from ?F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to [Eric] Seal [Principal Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty] on the effects of bombing and anti-aircraft fire.

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Minute [from ?F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC on conclusions about Allied air strengths in comparison with those of Germany.

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Letter, annotated, from WSC to Sir Archibald Sinclair [Secretary of State for Air, later 1st Lord Thurso] on the removal from office of Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding [Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Fighter Command]. [Carbon].

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Letter from Group Captain Charles Anderson to WSC enclosing a detailed paper on the training of RAF pilots, and a suggested system to reduce costs.

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Summary of night-time operations for RAF Station at Waddington [Yorkshire], naming officers involved. [Typescript].

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Report of damage caused by bombing raid from RAF Waddington [Yorkshire] on Berlin [Germany].

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Letter from Group Captain Charles Anderson to WSC on bombing raid on Berlin [Germany].

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Letters from 1st Lord Beaverbrook [Minister of Aircraft Production, earlier Max Aitken] to WSC tendering his resignation; with WSC's reply refusing to accept his resignation. [Carbon].

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Letter from 1st Lord Beaverbrook [Minister of Aircraft Production, earlier Max Aitken] to WSC on air policy, advising dispersal of production. [Copy].

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Personal Minute M 427 from WSC to Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal [Chief of Air Staff] asking him to take a few days rest as so much depends on him and overworking will not help [copy]; with reply from Portal thanking him for his concern.

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Letter from Lilian Buck, PS to Randolph Churchill, May Fair Hotel, Berkeley St., London W1, to Violet Pearman, PS to WSC, enclosing copy of letter RSC had received from Terence Hanbury, Ashford, Middlesex, on Britain's inadequate strength in the air and the need for deep underground shelters.

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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.