Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] marked "Top Secret and Personal" requesting Australian participation in the British Commonwealth land, sea and air forces against the Japanese main islands, and giving details of proposed changes in the South West Pacific Area command.

Letter from Francis Forde (Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Delegation, The United Nations Conference of International Organization, Sir Francis Drake Hotel, San Francisco, California [United States]) to WSC marked "personal" thanking WSC and the British Government for their hospitality, and stating that when WSC visits Australia he "will get the greatest welcome ever accorded to a visiting statesman". Signed typescript.

Telegram from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC expressing shock at "tragic news" of death of President Roosevelt, whose help and support "are acknowledged with great thankfulness by people this country". Curtin states that, "We know how greatly you will miss his comradeship and support and feel deeply for you in added burden which necessarily will now be yours".

Telegram from John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] to WSC expressing shock at "tragic news" of death of President Roosevelt, whose help and support "are acknowledged with great thankfulness by people this country". Curtin states that, "We know how greatly you will miss his comradeship and support and feel deeply for you in added burden which necessarily will now be yours". With single annotation in red ink, probably by WSC.

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.

Press cuttings on JA's visit and the Blue Streak intermediate range ballistic missile tests at Woomera.

Press cuttings on JA's visit and the Blue Streak intermediate range ballistic missile tests at Woomera.

Album presented to CS on his visit to Churchill House, 1974, including photographs of the building and the earlier opening ceremony, with [Arthur] Nicholas Soames, Dame Pattie Menzies and Sir Paul Hasluck, Governor-General of Australia.

Briefings for meetings with K M Safi Ullah, the Bangladesh High Commissioner [1988, not 1989 as marked], and the Police Federation and for an Australia Day reception, including cuttings on relations with Australia.

'Weather Development and Research Bulletin (Southern Australian Region)', Number 3, produced by the Royal Australian Air Force, including photographs on the construction of an anemograph. There is also a set of four maps of Australia by Taylor, Hunt and Quayle entitled 'Climate and Weather of Australia'.

Subjects covered include: South Africa; the journey from Pretoria to Cape Town; Maurice's official programme; Adeline's South African relations; arrival in Australia; a stay "in the bush"; observations on rivalries between Australian states; and train journeys. Some letters are carbon copies.

Subjects covered include: official engagements in Australia; Maurice's official duties; visits to Brisbane and Sydney; Maurice's recommendations on Australian defences; New Zealand and Tahiti. Some letters are carbon copies.