Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he is making a statement that the press will not be allowed at "Terminal" [the Potsdam Conference, Berlin, Germany] that day, to accompany President Harry Truman's similar announcement. [Copy].

Telegram from Marshal Stalin to WSC marked "Personal and Secret" stating that he agrees for press representatives to be warned that they will not be allowed to attend "Terminal" [the Potsdam Conference, Berlin, Germany].

Telegram from WSC to William Leahy [Chief of Staff to the President of the United States] marked "Personal and Top Secret" drawing his attention to an article by Drew Pearson of 22 April; and indicating his displeasure at Pearson's knowledge of Crossword [negotiations with representatives of the German Army in Switzerland] and other current matters.

Telegram from Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] to WSC marked "strictly personal" expressing relief and pleasure at receiving information [on the principal London newspapers' approval of the firm stance taken with Yugoslavia (later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia) in the dispute over Venezia Guilia, Italy]. Copy.

Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson [Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] marked "personal and top secret" asking him to ensure that there is an enquiry into leaking of information by Drew Pearson [an American press correspondent] as he feels sure that there is a "corrupt connection" between Pearson and the US government. Typescript.

Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" suggesting that only photographers rather than the press are allowed at "Terminal" [the Potsdam Conference, Berlin, Germany].

Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Top Secret" suggesting that only photographers rather than the press are allowed at "Terminal" [the Potsdam Conference, Berlin, Germany]. [Carbon copy].

Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] commenting on Montgomery being "misrepresented" by a reporter [over an alleged statement that Britain had been saved by the United States in 1941].

Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Secret" suggesting they announce publicly in advance the exclusion of the press from the Berlin [Germany] Conference [Potsdam Conference]. [carbon copy].

Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Secret" suggesting they announce publicly in advance the exclusion of the press from the Berlin [Germany] Conference [Potsdam Conference]. [copy].

Draft letter from WSC to 2nd Lord Rothermere stating that "What amuses me about this cartoon [see CHAR 20/199/120] is that it was no doubt intended to be friendly in character". [Typescript] Crossed through in red ink, probably by WSC, with instruction "Leave" in other hand.

Draft letter from WSC to 2nd Lord Rothermere stating that "What amuses me about this cartoon [see CHAR 20/199/120] is that it was no doubt intended to be friendly in character, and I am sorry that the Daily Mail should have such a cartoonist to carry out its policy". [Annotated typescript] The second clause has been crossed through in black ink, probably by WSC.

Cartoon from the Daily Mail depicting WSC relaxing in chair, with feet on desk, glass in one hand and cigar in other, with caption "The same to you!".

Extract from an article by Alistair Forbes in the Daily Mail commenting on the recall of Major General Sir Edward Spears from Beirut [Lebanon] [where he had been First Minister to the Republics of Syria and the Lebanon] and stating that this "removes the most obstinate fly, or should one say wasp, from the Anglo-French ointment". [Typescript].

Extract from an article in the Sunday Pictorial commenting on the resignation of General "Sir Arthur" Spears [Major General Sir Edward Spears] from his job as "British Minister to Syria and Lebanon" [First Minister to the Republics of Syria and the Lebanon], and stating that, "In fact he is coming home because de Gaulle [General Charles de Gaulle, President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic] has had enough of him". [Typescript].

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.

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 Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] (Dalnawillan, Altnabraec, Caithness, [Scotland]) to WSC congratulating him on his Edinburgh speech, complaining of the "defeatist" attitude of the Scottish Conservative press towards the Anglo-Russian treaty, and stressing the need for David Lloyd George to "stick to his guns.".

Letter from 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] (Claridge's Hotel, Avenue des Champs-Elysees, Paris, [France]) to WSC stating that he will tell his newspapers to support WSC when he begins negotiations for the repayment of the debts owed to Britain by France and Italy and that he has instructed them "to go slow on the food question". Asks WSC to advise his son, Esmond Harmsworth [later 2nd Lord Rothermere], to go travelling.

Letter from 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] (Claridge's Hotel, Avenue de Champs-Elysees, Paris, [France]) to WSC stating that the presence of WSC and other friends of Rothermere's in the new Government will mean that criticism in Rothermere's newspapers will be tempered. Refers to the inevitability of Esmond Harmsworth [later 2nd Lord Rothermere] getting a job.