Copy of a letter from WSC marked "personal" to Neville Chamberlain on Chamberlain's offer to resign, expressing the wish that Chamberlain will remain in post; agreeing with him about bombardment and sympathising over his illness, but urging him to remain in his post. Typescript marked "Put in personal box.".

Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC assuring him that rumours of ill-health about President Roosevelt and Harry Hopkins [Personal Assistant and Aide to President of the United States] are greatly exaggerated.

Letter from WSC to Commander Sir Charles Craven accepting his resignation as Controller- General of the Ministry of Aircraft Production.

Letter from WSC to A V Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, advising him to take a rest.

Letter from WSC to Sir Dennis Herbert [Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker, later 1st Lord Hemingford] welcoming him back to work after an illness.

Letter from WSC to Thomas Williams [Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture] urging him to have his arthritis treated as advised by Sir Charles Wilson [President, Royal College of Physicians, later 1st Lord Moran].

Note from "B" [1st Lord Beaverbrook, earlier Sir Max Aitken, Minister of Supply] to WSC resigning from the Defence Committee on the grounds of "continuing and violent attacks of asthma". [manuscript, annotated by WSC].

Letter from WSC (10 Downing Street) to "Max" [1st Lord Beaverbrook, earlier Sir Max Aitken, Minister of Supply] congratulating him on his mission to Moscow [Soviet Union]; chastising him for making public his desire to retire; reassuring him that his colleagues are not conspiring against him and advising him not to get so agitated. [manuscript copy in Prime Minister's Private Secretary John Peck's hand].

Letter from "Crinks" [Harcourt Johnstone] to WSC expressing concern that Brendan Bracken [Minister of Information] is working too hard and should be made to take a rest.

Letter from WSC to Harcourt Johnstone thanking him for his letter and advising him that Brendan Bracken [Minister of Information] is awaiting medical advice from Sir Charles Wilson [President, Royal College of Physicians, later 1st Lord Moran].

Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Maugham regretting to hear of his resignation due to ill-health from the office of Lord of Appeal of the Ordinary.

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, reporting that he had ordered Sir Arthur May, Director-General of the Medical Depatrment to send the best specialist in London to the Caledonian Hotel, Inverness, to see Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, who had been maltreated for Piles and had an abcess, and was suffering from pain and fatigue.

Letter from Andrew Bonar Law (Hotel Bellevue, Cannes, [France]) to WSC thanking him for his letter on his resignation and explaining that abnormal blood pressure has forced him to rest.

Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt]: comments on the pressure and personal stress he is under; comments on the health of "Max" [1st Lord Beaverbrook, earlier Max Aitken]; states that "Democracy has to prove that it can provide a granite foundation for war against tyranny"; comments on Roosevelt's forthcoming radio broadcast regarding the flight of the German ships [the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen] from Brest [France].

Letter from 1st Lord Beaverbrook [Minister of Aircraft Production] to WSC tendering his resignation on grounds of ill health.

Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Beaverbrook [Minister of Aircraft Production, earlier Max Aitken] refusing to accept his resignation. [Carbon].