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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 Sir John Reith, BBC, Broadcasting House, London, to WSC, thanks for agreeing to take part in series of broadcasts on India. Regretting that WSC felt that the allocation of speakers was unfair. Stating that he was also facing criticism from others, particularly that for the inclusion of both WSC and Lord Lloyd in the list, and that the Labour opposition were claiming an extra speaker. This request had been denied, but he was compelled to offer them the 9th talk [out of ten]....

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Letter from WSC to Sir John Reith, BBC, thanks for letter of 31 Aug, on speakers for series on India. Stating that he was not convinced that opponents of the Government policy were having a fair share. "However there is no use arguing with an autocrat. One can only be grateful that he is more civil than some of the others" [carbon].

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Letter from Alan Dawnay, BBC, Broadcasting House to WSC, on his forthcoming broadcast on India, which would probably take place at the end of January 1935.

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Letter from WSC to Alan Dawnay, BBC, confirming that he would be available to broadcast on India on 29 Jan 1935. Also that he had decided not to accept a fee for broadcast on The Causes of War", and returned the contract, unsigned [carbon].

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Letter from Colonel Alan Dawnay, BBC, Broadcasting House, London, to WSC, confirming arrangements for his broadcast on India on 29 Jan 1935, enclosing list of speakers in the series. Asking for a copy of the manuscript seven days in advance, for publication in "The Listener".

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Letter from WSC to Colonel Alan Dawnay, BBC, Broadcasting House, London, on arrangements for his broadcast on India on 29 Jan 1935. Criticising list of speakers in the series, with nine for the Government and only two against [WSC and Lord Lloyd] [carbon].

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Letter from Colonel Alan Dawnay, BBC, Broadcasting House, London, to WSC, on arrangements for his broadcast on India on 29 Jan 1935. Regretting that he was aggrieved about the allocation of the series, and commenting that the BBS were unable to please anyone, as there were not just two shades of opinion. Stating that the BBS had consulted its Parliamentary Advisory Panel, and that no main body of opinion on India would be unrepresented in the talks.

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Letter from WSC to Colonel Alan Dawnay, BBC, Broadcasting House, London, stating that he felt bound to publish his letter of 5 Nov, objecting to allocation of speakers in series on Indian Constitutional Reform. Asking if he wished WSC to send his reply of 7 Nov to the press at the same time, or whether it would be better to send it subsequently [carbon].

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Letter from Lord Stonehaven, Chairman, Conservative Party, Palace Chambers, Westminster, to WSC, enclosing letter from Ronald Norman, Chairman of the BBC, on allegation by Dornford Yates of anti-Government bias in election coverage.

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Letter from Dornford Yates [Major C W Mercer], Villa Maryland, Pau, France to WSC, complaining of anti-Government bias in BBC news bulletin on 12 Oct. Claiming that five comments were broadcast by Labour leaders (including George Lansbury, Clement Attlee and J R Clynes), "all these were hostile to the Government, some were venomous", with no reply from the Government.

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Letter from Cecil Graves, BBC, Broadcasting House, London to WSC, asking if he would be willing to contribute to series on nationalism.

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Letter from Sir Louis Stuart, Honorary Secretary, Indian Empire Society, to WSC with congratulations on his broadcast speech of 30 January ["India: the Betrayal", arguing against Indian Home Rule].

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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.

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Letter from W D Anthony (Registrar, Potomac State School of West Virginia University, United States) to WSC thanking him for his broadcast to the United States; wishing that Britain and France had acted to prevent Hitler acquiring "such formidable power"; commenting on the failure of President Woodrow Wilson's policy of a "peace without victory" [at Versailles]; and expressing good wishes for WSC. Signed typescript.

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Letter from G D Kirkland (683 West Monroe Street, Jacksonville, Florida [United States]) to WSC in response to his broadcast to the United States. She says that she considers WSC "guiltless" for Great Britain's failure to pay its debts and for [the Duke of Windsor earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] "being driven out as an exile for preferring an American wife [Wallis Simpson]" and that many Americans feel that WSC belongs with them. Signed typescript.

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Letter from John Hemingway [United States] enclosing a press cutting (see CHAR 2/609A/2a) on anti-British sentiment in the United States and the need for Britain to pay her debts and the low opinion of the Churchills held by those who have read Thackery. Signed typescript. Includes a cutting from an American newspaper of an article by George Rothwell Brown on resentment at WSC's broadcast to the United States.

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Letter from George E Bailey (New York [United States]) to WSC in response to WSC's broadcast to the United States. He says that he would not like the US to play a part in another European war, since Americans are still paying taxes to make up for unpaid loans, and feels that Great Britain should have prevented the German occupation of the Rhineland to prevent the Dictator [Adolf Hitler] becoming so powerful. Signed manuscript.