Correspondence between Sir Earle Page [Special Australian Envoy to War Cabinet] and WSC on the former's recent illness, an invitation to dine at Downing Street and on WSC's assistance during negotiations on behalf of Australia; includes by John Martin, Francis Brown and Edith Watson [Private Secretaries to WSC] and Joseph Garner [Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs].

Telegram from WSC to the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] suggesting that he has misunderstood the proposed Far Eastern Council and that it would not be a purely advisory body; agreeing to Curtin's request [for an Australian representative on the War Cabinet]; asks if the British Government should put Curtin's suggestion of [a Pacific War Council] to the United States Government.

Telegram from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC with the views of the Chiefs of Staff on the threat of Japanese invasion of Australia and on defence: safety depends on maintaining the Allied position in Malaya [later Malaysia] and the Dutch East Indies [later Indonesia], and on the United States Fleet increasing pressure on Japanese southern communications; United States reinforcements required to increase land forces.

Telegram from WSC to the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] with text of a telegram from General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to Sidney Waterson [High Commissioner for South Africa in London]: Australia should have a representative on the War Cabinet to reward "magnificent war effort and present danger in Far East", although South Africa does not need a similar arrangement; Smuts adds his support for WSC.

Telegram from Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] to John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] with the text of his statement in the Canadian House of Commons on the composition of the Imperial War Cabinet, and the power of decision still resting with the British War Cabinet: Australia's request for a right to a permanent equal voice in the British War Cabinet differs from Canadian requests.

Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell, Supreme Commander, South West Pacific, to WSC commenting on the implications for Australian commanders of a plan to establish a Command consisting of the ABDA area [Australian, British, Dutch and Australasian] to include all land and air forces east of Celebes [later Sulawesi, Dutch East Indies, later Indonesia].

Telegram from the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] to WSC commenting on proposals for a Far Eastern Defence Council and containing comments by Sir Earle Page [Special Australian Envoy to British War Cabinet] in support of a Pacific Council at Washington [United States]. [See CHAR 20/69A/31 for attached note].

Telegram from Field-Marshal Sir John Dill [Head of British Joint Staff Mission to Washington, United States] to WSC, informing him that the Combined Chiefs of Staff have considered the telegram of 23 January from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC and are to draft a telegram to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Supreme Commander, South West Pacific] regarding the importance of air power in Australia.

Letter from WSC to Stanley Bruce [High Commissioner for Australia in London] on promises to Australia on the diversion of troops to combat Japanese invasion.

Memorandum by Sidwell Shotton on Australian Naval Defence [incomplete].

Letter from Senator Pulsford to WSC, on support for free trade in Australia.

Letter from A S Darroch (97 Muswell Hill Road, [London]) to WSC pointing out the injustice of not adjusting the debts of countries like Australia when the prices of the commodities in which the debts are paid are much lower than when the debts were contracted and urging WSC to take the lead in explaining why a devaluation of gold is needed. Typescript copy at CHAR 2/187/59-65.

Letter from 3rd Lord Stradbroke (State Government House, Melbourne, [Australia]) to WSC thanking him for his help as Secretary of State for the Colonies, commiserating with him on his illness, wondering whether the letter he wrote to WSC about the Roman Catholic movement was deliberately not sent on to him, and stressing that it should be made clear that only products of the Empire will be used in the Empire Exhibition of 1924 to restore confidence in Australia.

Letter from Flight-Lieutenant Maxwell Coote (Government House, Sydney, Australia) to WSC congratulating him on his appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer, reporting that he (Coote) has been appointed ADC to Sir Dudley de Chair, the governor of New South Wales, and that he is the first Royal Air Force officer to secure such a post in Australasia, and that Sir Keith Smith and Vickers Ltd are planning an airship route from Australia to England in two years time.

Letter from Admiral Sir George King-Hall [Commander-in- Chief, Australia Station], (Admiralty House, Sydney), to WSC, sending a copy [not present] of his speech in which he argued that the Commonwealth should contribute its fair share to Imperial defence; he also comments on the success of the Royal Australian Navy, and the execution of War Orders.

Letter from 3rd Lord Denman, Governor-General of Australia (Melbourne) to WSC on subjects including: military service in Australia; WSC's success at the Admiralty; comparisons in the press between Australia's and Canada's contributions to the Navy and criticism aimed at Australians for wanting their own navy.

Letter from Admiral Sir George King-Hall, Commander-in- Chief, Australia Station (Admiralty House, Sydney) to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on Australian naval policy; includes cutting of a letter from King-Hall to the Australian press.

Letter from Edward Grigg [editorial staff of the Times, later 1st Lord Altrincham] (The Round Table, Piccadilly, London) to James Masterton-Smith, [Private Secretary to WSC] sending an extract from a letter from the Australian correspondent of the Times on Imperial defence.

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the naval defence of New Zealand and Australia, including the British attitude to Japan. [Carbon copy].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the Anglo-Australian Naval Agreement: WSC complains about the delays put in the way of a naval conference with the Australians and other Dominion representatives, and comments on the difficulty of getting officers to volunteer for Commonwealth service. [Carbon].

Telegram from John Curtin (Prime Minister of Australia) to WSC marked "Secret and Personal" objecting to a statement attributed to Rear Admiral Gerald Muirhead-Gould [Flag Officer in Charge, Western Germany]; and stating that service officers should not intrude "into the delicate realm of Government policy". Photocopy.

Telegram from WSC to Australian Prime Minister [John Curtin] marked "Winch No. 2 Secret and Personal" stating that having read Rear Admiral Gerald Muirhead-Gould's [Flag Officer in Charge, Western Germany] statement in full, he feels that his remarks are in fact highly complimentary to the Australian people and their efforts in the war rather than critical. Photocopy.