Articles and film and book reviews by GK, also including the text of an article on television and politics, which he had sent to [James] Harold Wilson, Prime Minister, for comment.

The collection includes scrapbooks containing photographs and press cuttings; family and professional correspondence; speeches and articles; official documents relating to Foreign Office and Suez Canal Company business; and draft notes for Cadogan's autobiography. A series of frank personal diaries with almost daily entries cover Cadogan's career and private life from his appointment as Minister to China in 1933 to his retirement.

The papers cover Jacob's adult life from his early army career, his work as Assistant Military Secretary to the War Cabinet and as Director General of the BBC, to his retirement where he remained active in many important public services. Also included are some Boer War papers which were kept by Jacob's father-in-law.

Comprising diaries and scrapbooks; books, articles and lectures; correspondence files; memorabilia; and audio-visual material.

Fortieth anniversary pamphlet on the history of the BBC radio programme 'The Week in Westminster', with photograph of Mary Agnes Hamilton, who presented the first talk in 1929.

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Typescript. Germans using information in BBC Empire broadcasts and re-interpreting to Britain's detriment in their overseas broadcasts.

Telegram from WSC to Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] marked "Personal and Top Secret" proposing to include the situation in Greece in a world radio broadcast on 17 December; and expressing his concern at the leaking of a telegram from him to General Sir Ronald Scobie [General Officer Commanding Greece] to the United States Press.

Letter from WSC to Clement Attlee [Deputy Prime Minister and Lord President of the council, Leader of the Labour Party] marked "private and confidential" informing him of his intention to tender his resignation to the King [George VI] at noon tomorrow, and referring to the need to settle the Dissolution Honours List and the question of broadcasts [carbon].

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.

Memorandum from John Peck [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to A P Ryan (Duty Officer at the British Broadcasting Corporation) marked "private and personal" regarding the statement which he is releasing to the press at 8.45 pm this evening and expressing the hope that this will be included on the 9 pm news [probably relating to CHAR 20/195A/79] [carbon].

Letter from James Stuart [Government Chief Whip] to WSC, passing on congratulations from MPs and ministers on his recent broadcast [10 May] and parliamentary opposition to the Beveridge plan [? of social insurance].

Letter by Brendan Bracken [Minister of Information] to WSC complaining about a broadcast made by Lord Wedgwood to the United States on anti-Semitism in Britain and Palestine, which was missed by the censor; annotated by WSC "make sure he [the censor] is not employed again"; with cutting from the Daily Mail, 27 May.

Correspondence between Alfred Clark, Chairman of the Gramophone Company Limited, Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC] and WSC on recordings of speeches by WSC and Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] and correspondence between Bevir, Rutherford Tippetts [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Supply] and Bernard Sendall [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Information] about provision of paper or woodpulp in making the album of speeches.

Telegram from WSC to Harry Hopkins [Special adviser and assistant to the President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt] regarding censorship of broadcasts on Guadeloupe [West Indies] radio: "It seems to me we ought to have control.".

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.