Telegram from Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] to WSC on discussion with Sir Earle Page [Special Australian Envoy to British War Cabinet] who plans to make representations on behalf of Australia's position in the Far East; also Mackenzie King will visit the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt].

Telegram from [Alfred] Duff Cooper [Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, later 1st Lord Norwich] to WSC on discussions with Australian War Advisory Council; suggests Robert Menzies as next Commissioner-General with Sir George Sansom [Adviser to Far Eastern Mission, Ministry of Economic Warfare, Singapore] as second in command.

Telegram from Government of Australia to WSC criticising the conduct of war and expressing dissatisfaction at changes in plan.

Telegram from Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] to WSC justifying the Australian Government's difference in policy, e.g. over Finland.

Telegram from Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] to WSC requesting liaison with Sir Earle Page [Special Australian Envoy to British War Cabinet] to provide information about policy development before decisions are implemented.

Telegrams from [Alfred] Duff Cooper [Resident Cabinet Minister at Singapore for Far Eastern affairs, later 1st Lord Norwich] to WSC thanking him for his message; rejecting the proposal by the Australian Minister for External Affairs [Herbert Evatt] that Vivian Bowden should be represent Australia in the Far Eastern War council.

Telegram from Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC on the refusal of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Blamey [General Officer Commanding, 1st Australian Corps] to obey Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in- Chief, Middle East]; proposes Laverack as replacement.

Telegrams from John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia to WSC assenting generally to the agreement between Britain and the United States; WSC's misinterpretation of message about the Soviet Union. [See CHAR 20/47/97-99 ].

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.

Letter from 4th Lord Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne] to WSC following on from their recent meeting; discusses how to deal with the problem of Australian help against Japan and the question of armed divisions in Spain.

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].

Letter from Arthur Witley (13 Westborne Road, Huddersfield, [Yorkshire]) to WSC (House of Commons) advocating the taxation of land values, which he sees as a pre-requisite for Free Trade, and attacking taxation of capital and the earnings derived from it. Describes the good economic effects of the taxation of land values in New Zealand and New South Wales [Australia] and urges the Government to take on the House of Lords by including such taxation in the Budget. Signed typescript.

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

Letter from A.G. Hill to WSC, congratulations on letter of support for Frederic Horne, Liberal candidate in the Ludlow By-Election [Shropshire], and on the free trade campaign in Australia, particularly the success of free trade candidates in elections for the House of Representatives in New South Wales.

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

Annotated newspaper cuttings: speeches by Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] and WSC on colonial contributions to imperial defence costs; speech by Arthur Balfour in favour of tariff reform; speech on local legislative affairs by the premier of South Australia; Anglo-Australian trade figures; disruption of a meeting in Cambridge being addressed by James Kier Hardy. Originally sent with CHAR 2/29/43. 6 papers.

Letter from William Parry, chemist (Port Victoria, South Australia) criticising James Kier Hardy and complaining of the Protectionist stance of newspapers in Australia. Urges WSC to continue his fight for Free Trade. Encloses newspaper cuttings [see CHAR 2/29/39].

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.

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.