Royal Institution Discourse by [Sir John Reith, later Lord Reith] on various broadcasting issues. Sent with CHAR 2/190/11.

Letter from Sir John Reith [later Lord Reith] (Broadcasting House, London) to WSC explaining why the BBC Board do not think it would be appropriate for WSC to give a broadcast on monetary policy at this time.

Statement to Central News by WSC complaining of the BBC's refusal to let him broadcast on the monetary question and on India, contrasting this with the freedom afforded him by broadcasters in the United States, and announcing his intention of broadcasting to Britain on the monetary question from a foreign station.

Cutting from the "Morning Post": report of criticism of the BBC for advertising the Co-operative Society and of WSC's complaint about being denied the chance by the BBC to broadcast on the monetary question.

Letter from [WSC] to Sir John Simon [later 1st Lord Simon] asking for some indication of the limits within which the Government wishes WSC to confine himself in his broadcast from Paris [France] on the monetary question. Carbon typescript copy.

Statement read over the phone to the BBC denying that WSC asked the BBC to broadcast his speech at the Washington Bicentenary Dinner. Typescript copy.

Page from the "Radio Times" including the billing for a speech by WSC for the Washington Bicentenary Commemoration.

Telegram from WSC to Premier Joseph Stalin regarding convoys to the Soviet Union: outlines difficulties of sailing convoys to the Soviet Union; lists measures required from the Soviet Union to help protect convoys; states that he will be making the broadcast warning of British retaliation to German gas attacks upon Soviet Armies tomorrow.

Telegram marked Personal from Lord Halifax [British Ambassador to the United States, earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin] to WSC regarding the favourable reaction in the United States to the Prime Minister's recent speech [? broadcast of 10 May 1942]. [With annotation that a letter was sent to the Foreign Office to telegraph Lord Halifax thanking him and asking him to thank Sumner Welles [United States Under-Secretary of State].

Telegram from WSC to Cordell Hull [Secretary of State, United States] marked "important" reciting text of extracts from Radio Guadeloupe regarding the battle in Libya and British involvement in the murder of Reinhardt Heydrich [German Vice-Protector in Czechoslovakia (later Czech Republic and Slovakia)].

Telegram from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC marked "most secret" alerting him to a broadcast made on the evening of 29 June in which a commentator of the Australian Brodcasting Commission made critical comments about the Middle East Command and stating that he is taking the matter up personally with the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

Telegram from WSC to John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] marked "secret and personal" thanking him for his personal concern about the broadcast criticising the Middle East Command which was not heard in the United Kingdom.

Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and most secret" informing him that he is sending him three telegrams [see CHAR 20/81/13-16] about "Aspidistra" [codename for powerful British radio transmitter] and asking whether Roosevelt likes the idea of preparing one or more records.

Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and most secret" outlining how "Aspidistra" (powerful British radio transmitter) will be used to assist "Torch" [codename for allied occupation of French north-west Africa] by disseminating political information to the maximum listening public in France and North Africa.

Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and most secret" describing what type of records should be made for use with "Aspidistra" (powerful British radio transmitter) to assist "Torch" [codename for allied occupation of French north-west Africa].

Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and most secret" requesting immediate priority be given to the supply of six tubes required as essential spares for "Aspidistra" (powerful British radio transmitter) to assist "Torch" [codename for allied occupation of French north-west Africa].

Telegram from Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] to WSC marked "personal and most secret" informing him that the tubes he has requested [for use in powerful British radio transmitter "Aspidistra"] are obsolescent and suggesting alternatives.

Telegram from WSC to Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] marked "personal and secret" stating that they were unaware that the tubes [for use in "Aspidistra", British radio transmitter] were no longer being manufactured and asking Hopkins to get in touch with Professor Bayly at the Office of Strategic Services in New York.

Telegram from Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] to WSC informing him that he expects to have three new and three used tubes [for use in "Aspidistra", British radio transmitter] by 13 Oct which he will forward by the first available air transport to Brendan Bracken [Minister of Information].

Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "most secret" informing WSC that he is making a radio disc [for broadcast by "Aspidistra", British radio transmitter] and stating that "while your French grammar is better than mine my accent is most alluring".

Telegram from 3rd Lord Selborne [earlier Lord Wolmer, Minister of Economic Warfare, Egypt] to WSC marked "Personal" objecting to the manner in which the debate in the House of Commons on the situation in Greece [18 January] was presented in a BBC broadcast on 20 January. Photocopy.

Copy of letter from WSC (Berlin [Germany]) to Lady Violet Bonham Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet, Lady Bonham Carter later Lady Asquith of Yarnbury] commenting on her intention to tender her resignation as a Governor of the BBC, and stating that if he is re-elected he will be glad to recommend her reappointment till her term of office expires next April.

Telegram from WSC to CSC (Moscow [Soviet Union]) marked "Top Secret" suggesting she broadcast on 9 May a message from him "to Marshal Stalin, to the Red Army, and to the Russian people" sending greetings for their "splendid victories" and hope for a peaceful future.