Letter from R Millman Mackay (30 Greencroft Gardens, West Hampstead, [London]) to newspaper editors suggesting that all leading newspapers in the Empire should issue commercial supplements to be circulated throughout the Empire. Typescript Sent with CHAR 2/22/36.

Letter from Sir Douglas Straight (Pall Mall Gazette, Newton Street, Holborn, [London]) to WSC asking him to agree to be photographed for publication in the Pall Mall Gazette and congratulating him on his speech on his motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference. 1 card.

Letter from Herbert Vivian (Hotel de Luxembourg, Promenade des Anglais, Nice, [France]) to WSC on: "The Curiosity of Literature", "The River War", and the best way of engaging in published controversy with Colonel [?Ivor] Maxse; Vivian's review of WSC's last book; the activities of "those Labour devils". Suggests WSC meet Horatio Bottomley with a view to getting "our own paper to draw blood properly.".

Letter from Sidney Low (2 Durham Place, Chelsea, [London]) to WSC defending his decision to continue to write for the Standard.

Letter from Sidney Low (2 Durham Place, Chelsea, [London]) to WSC explaining that he had no wish to misrepresent WSC in the recent controversy about Low's decision to continue to write for the Standard.

Letter from John Montagu [later 2nd Lord Montagu] (17 Shaftesbury Avenue, London) to WSC on the prosperity of the British car industry and Montagu's unsuccessful attempt to buy the Standard before C Arthur Pearson. Signed typescript.

Letter from WSC [105 Mount Street] to the Editor of the Times criticising the effect on journalistic freedom of C Arthur Pearson's ownership of a number of newspapers. Typescript copy with annotations in the hand of Annette Anning.

Letter from WSC [105 Mount Street] to the Editor of the Times reasserting his view that C Arthur Pearson bought the Standard in order to change it into an anti-Free Trade paper. Typescript copy with annotations in the hand of Annette Anning.

Letter from Hartman Morgan (Holly Terrace House, Holly Hill, Hampstead, [London]) to WSC announcing his intention of writing temporarily for the Manchester Guardian and referring to WSC's possible consultation of him on certain aspects of the fiscal question.

Letter from J. St Loe Strachey, Editor of The Spectator, to WSC, on his willingness to back "any Imperialist Free Trade League", even if this meant that the Spectator lost half of its readership.

Letter from CSC to WSC, on meeting with one of his officers, Lt. Jock McDavid, also on the Northcliffe press's opposition to WSC, and the possibility of Lord Fisher returning to office. Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/61-62.

Letter from George Edwards (New Scotland Yard) to an un-named addressee reporting on a meeting with [John] Kempster [editor of the Police Review and Parade Gossip] to discuss the case of [Ex-Inspector John] Syme at which it emerged that Kempster was not keen to publish the Commissioner's judgement on the case. Signed typescript.

Letter from Sir Arthur Bigge [later Lord Stamfordham, Permanent Secretary to King George V] (Buckingham Palace) to Sidney Harris [Under Secretary of State, Home Office] thanking him for the February issue of the Liberator, adding "the King is glad to think that these are being stopped in the Post under the Home Secretary's warrant". Signed typescript.

Letter from Sir Edward Troup [Permanent Under Secretary of State, Home Office] to Sir Charles Mathews [Director of Public Prosecutions] enclosing newspaper cuttings from the Times [see CHAR 12/9/92]. He reports that WSC would like to know whether Christabel Pankhurst or the Times could be prosecuted for criminal libel. Signed manuscript.

Letter from Charles Scott [editor of the Manchester Guardian] (Arolla, Valais [Switzerland]) to WSC thanking him for explaining the action he has taken over the misconduct of a [Manchester Guardian] correspondent. Signed manuscript.

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.

Pamphlet entitled "The Press in Wartime" outlining the conflicts between the press and secrecy in wartime, and stressing the need for regulations restricting the freedom of the press. Printed. Covering letter at CHAR 12/2/45.

Cutting from the Daily Mail: editorial on the increased circulation of the Daily Mail despite attacks on its reports of the gravity of the war situation by "Hide-the-Truth" newspapers.

Letter from Lord Wimborne [2nd baron, later 1st viscount] [earlier Ivor Guest and Lord Ashby St Ledgers] (Wimborne House, Arlington Street, [London]) to WSC on: the stalemate in the war; the task of reconstruction after it is over; the increasing prominence of women and the imminent disappearance of the press.

Telegram from WSC to [David Lloyd George] reporting the hostile attitude of the press, Sir George Younger and other Conservatives towards the calling of a general election and advising that no decision be taken until Lloyd George returns. Typescript copy annotated by WSC.

Letter from [WSC] to Lord Riddell [earlier Sir George Riddell] thanking him for a Christmas box of cigars and praising his handling of the American press at the Washington Conference on disarmament.