Letter from WSC to Reverend Alan Don on his appointment to the Canonry of Westminster [London] and Rectory of St Margaret, Westminster. [Carbon].

Letter from WSC to the Bishop of London [Geoffrey Fisher] on the difficulties of urging employers to respect Sunday observance and the Day of National Prayer.

Letter from WSC to Bishop [Herbert] Hensley Henson [Canon of Westminster Abbey, London] accepting his resignation with regret.

Letter from 8th Lord Granard to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the shortage of Roman Catholic chaplains in the Royal Navy, and the possibility that Catholics could be told by the Church not to join the Navy as a result.

Minute from W L Taylor, Admiralty, to the First Lord's Private Office, on the numbers that each Roman Catholic chaplain and each Anglican chaplain were responsible for in the fleet, showing that each Catholic chaplain had a cure of 1182 souls and a Church of England chaplain 1135.

Letter from WSC to the Bishop of Blackburn [Percy Herbert] on his appointment to the Bishopric of Norwich.

Letter from WSC to the Archbishop of Canterbury [William Temple] asking that Convocation be restrained from discussing certain topics [undisclosed].

Letter from WSC to the Archbishop of Canterbury [William Temple] explaining the delay in acting upon the ultimatum issued to the German Government hoping that prisoners of war may be exchanged.

Letter from WSC to Archbishop of York [William Temple] recommending him for the Archbishopric of Canterbury.

Letter from WSC to the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral [Walter Matthews] advising that Vigo Demant will be the new Canon.

Letter from WSC to the Archbishop of Canterbury [? Cosmo Lang] agreeing that April 19 should be National Day of Prayer.

Letter from WSC to Vigo Demant on his appointment as the new Canon of St Paul's Cathedral.

Letter from WSC to the 6th Duke of Montrose [earlier Lord Graham] proposing he become Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

Letter from WSC to Sir Waldron Smithers advising that a date has been set for a National Day of Prayer.

Letters from [John] Walton Newbold to WSC and Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC] protesting at unchristian behaviour towards Catholics in Northern Ireland and workers on Good Friday, and about Quakers. [Copies].

Letter from Cardinal Arthur Hinsley [Archbishop of Westminster] to WSC accepting the nomination to the Board of Trustees of the British Museum; encloses a joint declaration by himself, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Archbishop of York [Cosmo Lang and William Temple] and the Moderator of the Free Church Federal Council [Walter Armstrong] accepting Pope Pius XII's Five Peace Points calling for unity and a peace based on Christian values. [Printed].

Letter from WSC to the Archbishop of Canterbury [Cosmo Lang] on the Resolution of the Church Assembly about war aims.

Letter from WSC to the Archbishop of Canterbury [Cosmo Lang] with proposals for the vacant Bishoprics: the Bishop of Southwark [Richard Godfrey] to Hereford; Frederick Cockin, Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral [London] to be Bishop of Southwark; Noel Hudson [Assistant Bishop of St Albans] to be Bishop of Newcastle; [Frank] Russell Barry [Canon of Westminster] to be Dean of St. Paul's and William Cash, Prebendary of St Paul's, to be Bishop of Worcester.

Letter from WSC to Lord Wolmer [later 3rd Lord Selborne] on a memorandum and a declaration on Christian Education.

Letter from WSC to the Archbishop of Canterbury [Cosmo Lang] advising that the Bishop of Norwich [Bertram Pollock] has announced his intention of retiring; requests the Archbishop's views.

Letter from WSC to the Archbishop of Canterbury [Cosmo Lang] arranging a meeting to discuss Lang's request to retire; suggests the Bishop of Kensington [Bertram Simpson] should be recommended for the vacant see at Southwark [London] and the Bishop of Croydon [William Anderson] for Portsmouth [Hampshire].

Letter from William Temple, Archbishop of York to WSC expressing horror at rumours of a compromise with Japan over the Burma road [from Burma, later Myanmar, to China]; feels the rights of China deserve recognition; also suggests the bombing of Gestapo barracks to give hope to decent Germans.

Letter from William Temple, Archbishop of York to WSC raising moral objectives to Government policy on the Burma road [between Burma, later Myanmar, and China] and placating Japan, and interned refugees in Britain.