Extract from War Cabinet minutes of discussions on whether to modify the public warning system for attacks by flying bombs, including contributions from the Home Secretary and Minister of Home Security [Herbert Morrison] and WSC.

War Cabinet memorandum by the Minister of Labour and National Service [Ernest Bevin] marked "Secret" on public warnings for flying bombs suggesting "some warning of imminent danger should be given generally in the London Region".

War Cabinet memorandum by the Home Secretary and Minister of Home Security [Herbert Morrison] marked "Secret" on public warnings for flying bombs: setting out the existing arrangements in Greater London and the rest of South-East England and arguments for modifying the system, but concluding: "I therefore consider that a public warning is still necessary for flying bombs and piloted aircraft alike", with an appendix of copies of four recent letters from the public on the matter.

Extract from War Cabinet minutes of discussions on modifying the public warning system for attacks by flying bombs, including contributions from WSC, the Home Secretary and Minister of Home Security [Herbert Morrison] and the Minister of Aircraft Production [Sir Stafford Cripps].

Minute from WSC to Home Secretary [and Minister of Home Security, Herbert Morrison] suggesting the use of air raid sirens "requires immediate consideration" because of the creation of a "great deal of needless unrest", commenting on the need to clarify the purpose of the siren, what he has noticed of people's reactions, and arguing for more use to be made of shelters. [Carbon; annotated by Sir Desmond Morton, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant].

Letter from Lieutenant Edwin Russell, USNR, ("At sea" on USS Oklahoma City; [posted at] Fleet Post Office, San Francisco [United States]) to WSC: congratulating him on victory; reminiscing on his wartime meetings with WSC and CSC, his experiences in wartime London and with the British Navy; and commenting on American views on the Royal Navy and Anglo-American relations generally. [signed manuscript; received 14 June].

Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on coal supplies: to London and Southern England, transport, and potential shortages. [Copy; given running number 199a].

Telegram from WSC to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] thanking him on behalf of the "people of England, and particularly of London" for his message [concerning the removal of the threat of air raids from Germany].

Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" reluctantly agreeing [to the possible use of pilotless bombers against German cities]; but emphasising the limited value of such action at such a late stage in the war and the effect of retaliation on London, indicating the level of losses to the Greater London area during the course of the war.

Letter from Pamela, Lady Lytton, Knebworth House, Herts to WSC, asking him to speak at luncheon in support of slum clearance in Shoreditch, London. "No one who knows Shoreditch can turn their backs on the terrible conditions there of overcrowding and poverty".

Letter from John Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] to A F Ewing [Private Secretary to the Minister of Works] stating that CSC has drawn his attention to an article by Oswald Birley in the Times of 29 May [1945] about the continued closure of Regent's Park and asking for clarification of the position [carbon].

Telegram from General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] to WSC marked "Top Secret and Personal" stating that he will try to arrange the use of United States engineers in England for repairing bomb damage in London.

Telegram from WSC to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] marked "Personal and Top Secret" asking if any United States engineers in England can be spared for repairing bomb damage in London.

Telegram from WSC to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] marked "Personal" thanking him for sending United States troops to help with repairs to bomb damage in London and giving details of their work.

Includes: briefing for a meeting with Margaret Hodge [Chairman of the Association of London Authorities] on problems for Labour groups in London Borough Councils; arrangements for a post-election party; the unveiling of a plaque in a miners’ welfare, Hordern, County Durham; notes on Owen Oyston and the News on Sunday; briefing for a meeting with the Scottish Campaign Co-ordinating Committee; briefing for a meeting with Enrique Silva Cima, President of the Chilean Radical Party.

Includes: briefings for visit to the London Housing Unit exhibition, Hammersmith and Fulham sheltered housing scheme and a crime prevention initiative; briefing for a meeting with Poll Tax petitioners; briefing for and notes on a meeting with Deniz Baykal [Turkish Republican People Party's General Secretary].

Correspondence regarding miscellaneous schemes and inventions.

Correspondence regarding the effect of magnetic variation on the mariner's compass, the use of magnetic variation to establish longitude and the cause of magnetic variation.