Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to Charles Siepmann, BBC, on preparation of his broadcast in the series "Whither England" on 16 Jan. Stating that he had not realised that it would have to be submitted in advance for "censorship". Asking if other speakers in the series, H G Wells, Ramsay Macdonald, Sir John Simon and Stanley Baldwin had been asked to submit their speeches in advance. Also granting copyright permission for his broadcast to be published in BBC magazine , but for this purpose only, with the...

Scope and Contents Letter from Charles Siepmann, BBC, Broadcasting House, London, to WSC, on his broadcast speech in the series "Whither England". Stating that there was no question of censorship, they only wished to have the text in advance so that they could publish it in "The Listener" on the day after the broadcast. "So you see that this malign institution is not on the war-path again." Also stating that the National Broadcasting Company of America (NBC) were anxious to relay the talks in the series to the...

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Letter from WSC to Charles Siepmann, BBC, Broadcasting House, London, stating that he would try to deliver text of his broadcast on 16 Jan by 15 Jan. Also stating that he had no objection to relaying the broadcast to the United States [carbon].

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Letter from Charles Siepmann, BBC, Broadcasting House, London to WSC, on his forthcoming talk in the series "Whither England".

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Letter from J H Whitley, Broadcasting House, London, to WSC, congratulations on BBC broadcast in the series "Whither England".. "It was well nigh perfect as a work of art: English at its best:...It sets a standard for the use of the microphone which many will emulate - but few equal.

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Letter from Sir John Reith, Broadcasting House, London, to WSC, congratulations on BBC broadcast in the series "Whither England".

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Cheque counterfoil from the BBC, with no payment details.

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Letter from Maurice Gorham, Editor, The Radio Times, BBC to WSC, asking if he would be willing to write an 1100 word article on "Broadcasting as an Influence in Politics".

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Letter from Maurice Gorham, Editor, The Radio Times, BBC, to WSC, offering a fee of 100 guineas for first British serial rights for article on "Broadcasting as an Influence in Politics".

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Letter from Violet Pearman, PS to WSC to Maurice Gorham, Editor, The Radio Times, BBC, accepting offer of 100 guineas for first British serial rights for 1100 word article on "Broadcasting as an Influence on Politics" [carbon].

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Letter from Colonel Alan Dawnay, Controller, Programme Division, BBC to WSC, asking if he would be willing to make a private gramophone record of his impressions of the outbreak of War in 1914, based on "The World Crisis", as part of a series of reminiscence programmes, each dealing with a particular year, enclosing script of proposed record.

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Letter from WSC to Colonel Alan Dawnay, Controller, Programme Division, BBC declining invitation to make a private gramophone record of his impressions of the outbreak of War in 1914, based on "The World Crisis" [carbon].

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Letter from Maurice Gorham, Editor, The Radio Times, BBC to Violet Pearman, PS to WSC, enclosing suggested outline for WSC's article "Broadcasting as an Influence on Politics.

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Letter from Hamilton Marr, BBC, Broadcasting House, London, to WSC, confirming offer of 30 guineas for recording of exerpts from "The World Crisis" for overseas broadcasting.

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Letter from [Violet Pearman, PS to WSC] to Hamilton Marr, BBC, Broadcasting House, London, accepting offer of 30 guineas for recording of exerpts from "The World Crisis" for overseas broadcasting [carbon].

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Letter from Hamilton Marr, BBC to [Violet Pearman, PS to WSC], thanks for letter accepting offer of 30 guineas for recording of exerpts from "The World Crisis" for overseas broadcasting.

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Letter from [Violet Pearman, PS to WSC] to Cecil Graves, Director of Empire and Foreign Services, BBC, stating that WSC had no objection to recording his broadcast on 16 Nov for "Empire purposes" [carbon].

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Letter from Cecil Graves, Director of Empire and Foreign Services, BBC, to WSC, asking if he was willing for his talk in the series "The Causes of War" to be recorded for broadcasting to the Empire.

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Letter from Guy Pocock, Department of Talks, BBC, Broadcasting House, London to WSC, enclosing typescript of the first talk in the series "The Causes of War" by G D H Cole.

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Letter from Orme Sargent, Foreign Office, to WSC, thanks for sending advance copy of his BBC broadcast on the series "The Causes of War", enclosing notes, querying passages suggesting that Germany was plotting a war of aggression in the immediate future "I am inclined to doubt whether this is Hitler's purpose, and to look somewhat further and deeper for the causes of war in the Europe of today".

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Letter from Sir John Reith, BBC, Broadcasting House, London, to WSC, reporting that the long deferred series of talks on India would be initiated before the end of the year. Asking if he would be willing to contribute to the series, which would be "conducted on controversial lines" and which would "take the form a critique of the Report of the Joint Select Committee".

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Letter from WSC, Chateau de l'Horizon, Golfe Juan, France, to Sir John Reith, BBC, accepting invitation to broadcast on India. Making suggestions for amendments to the draft programme, and asking for opponents of Government policy to be given equal representation. Stating that in the draft programme the Government had the first and last word, and eight out of ten speakers [carbon].

Scope and Contents Letter from Otto Pickhardt (117 East 80th Street, New York [United States]) to WSC, congratulating both him on his broadcast on India on 29th January, and also Randolph Churchill [on his stand, supported by WSC, as an anti-India Bill Conservative candidate in the Wavertree, Liverpool, by-election]. Pickhardt wonders if a lunch WSC had in New York with himself and others, including William Travers Jerome, when they discussed Jerome's political experiences, inspired some of WSC's ideas for the...

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Letter from Marshall Davis Hogan (Boonton, New Jersey and Dover, New Jersey [United States]) to WSC in which he says he enjoyed and appreciated WSC's broadcast to the United States and hopes WSC will be able to "awaken our peoples to arm themselves against brute force." Signed manuscript.

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Letter from Oswald Veblen (58 Battle Road, Princeton, New Jersey [United States]) to WSC in response to WSC's broadcast to the United States. He says that he agrees that "decent people everywhere should unite" against [Nazi Germany] but feels that many Americans do not have faith in the present British government because they have not opposed fascism and the outrages in Manchuria [part of China], Ethiopia, Spain and Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia]. Signed manuscript.