Letter from Sir Walter Windham to WSC offering his services to go to the United States and Canada to conduct a press campaign to gain more aeroplanes for the war effort; with [carbon of] a reply from "A B" [Anthony Bevir, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] that the letter will be forwarded to the Secretary of State for Air [Sir Archibald Sinclair, later 1st Lord Thurso].

Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Max Aitken] on an enclosed file [missing] of newspaper cuttings by John Gordon [? Director, Beaverbrook Newspapers Limited] "a most mischievous writer".

Letter from WSC to the London Editor of the Birmingham Gazette on the 200th anniversary of the newspaper.

Telegram from Major-General Arthur Smith [? Chief of General Staff, Middle East] to WSC re article in Daily Herald; Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] wants publicity about strength in Middle East.

Telegram from Lord Halifax [British Ambassador to the United States, earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] to WSC explaining that remarks made to the Press were to allay allegations about British attempts to provoke a expeditionary force from the United States.

Telegram from WSC to Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] requesting future releases to be made through London.

Copy of a minute from WSC to James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] informing him that he will not circulate the "gold papers" [about the return to the Gold Standard] to the Cabinet and will explain them verbally, because of information obtained by the press about the contributory insurance policy.Carbon typescript. Unsigned.

Letter from John Astor [Chief proprietor of The Times] to WSC on damage [caused by enemy bombing] at the Times works.

Note from [WSC] to Arthur Greenwood [Minister without Portfolio], about a cartoon attacking him by David Low in the Evening Standard, a newspaper owned by 1st Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Max Aitken], commenting that Low had always been very independent and Beaverbrook knew nothing of the attack, with [Greenwood]'s reply stating that he had not suspected Beaverbrook of any involvement.

Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Beaverbrook [owner of the Evening Standard, earlier Max Aitken] on a cartoon by David Low in the Evening Standard lampooning Arthur Greenwood [Minister without Portfolio]. [Carbon].

Letter from 1st Lord Beaverbrook [Minister of Aircraft Production, earlier Max Aitken] to WSC justifying his non-interference with his newspapers and suggesting he would be able to act more easily outside the administration; with reply and draft from WSC supporting Beaverbrook's position.

Letter from [WSC] to Vice-Admiral Cecil Usborne [chief organiser of the India Defence League] promising to talk to his friends in the press about getting greater publicity for the India Defence League before the Birmingham conference. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from W H Stephenson, managing director and managing editor of the Southport Advertiser (5 Park Crescent, Southport, [Lancashire]) to WSC explaining that he is writing a life of his father, Sir Albert Stephenson, who owned the Oldham Daily and Weekly Standard and asking him to confirm that the Standard helped him win the Oldham seat.

Letter [WSC] to W H Stephenson [managing director and managing editor of the Southport Advertiser] confirming that the Oldham Standard helped him win the Oldham seat. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from J L Garvin, [Editor] of the Pall Mall Gazette, to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] asking for an advance copy of WSC's forthcoming speech; Garvin adds that he has suppressed various sensationalist articles on the navy.

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to an unidentified correspondent [? Geoffrey Dawson, Editor of the Times], regretting that the word "permanent" was omitted in the Times report of his reference to the "permanent unity of Ireland". WSC also comments on out of date articles being published in the Times on warship design. [Carbon copy].

Letter from Sir Gilbert Parker (20 Carlton House Terrace [London]) to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the loss of HMS Audacious, sunk by a mine in the Irish Sea. He encloses a letter from Ed L Keen, General European Manager of the United Press Associations of America, complaining that the news of the loss had been withheld from the British public, and that permission to cable it out of Britain had been refused.

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Sir Gilbert Parker, defending the decision not to release the news of the sinking of HMS Audacious. [Hand-written copy by Edward Marsh, Private Secretary to WSC].

Letter from Henry Massingham [Editor of the Nation] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the freedom of the press to criticise the Government in time of war.

Letter from WSC to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on communication between Cabinet Ministers and the Press, particularly relating to consultation with the Lord Privy Seal [Sir Samuel Hoare, later 1st Lord Templewood] prior to broadcasting. [carbon].

Letter from Sydney Brooke (80 Addison Road, Kensington [London]) to WSC to arrange an appointment to discuss a bill for the restriction of the press in wartime and enclosing an article from the Fortnightly Review [see CHAR 12/2/46] which illustrates the attitude of some journalists who are "just as dissatisfied with the present state of affairs as the Admiralty itself". Signed manuscript annotated by WSC and Edward Marsh.