Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (Washington [United States]) marked "Personal and Top Secret" arguing for the boundaries of the French zone of occupation in Germany to be drawn "so as to ensure a wide corridor between the boundaries of France and Russia" and so that railway communication can run directly from the British to the United States zone. Despatched on 19 April.

Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (Washington [United States]) marked "Personal and Top Secret" informing him of the latest plans for Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] to take Lubeck [Germany]; the advance to Linz [Austria]; and for the Americans to take the region south of Stuttgart [Germany] where the main German "TA" [Tube Alloy, the atomic bomb] research is concentrated. Despatched on 19 April.

Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" giving the draft text of the message he proposes to issue following the meeting of the Anglo-American and Soviet Armies in Germany.

Telegram from Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon] (Washington [United States]) to WSC agreeing with his misgivings concerning the proposed boundaries of the French zone of occupation in Germany and its effect on railway links; and suggesting possible amendments. Copy.

Telegram from Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon] (Washington [United States]) to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that Edward Stettinius [Secretary of State, United States] has agreed that it is undesirable for the French zone of occupation in Germany to abut on the Russian zone. Copy.

Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador in the United States] marked "Personal and Top Secret" passing on a message for Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon] entirely agreeing with two of his telegrams [on an account of a talk with Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Union Foreign Minister, and the French zone of occupation in Germany]; and thanking him for his references to CSC. Copy.

Letter from Captain Hugh Watson [Naval Attache, Berlin, Germany] (British Embassy, Berlin) to Edward Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC] on German naval policy and politics, particularly Grand-Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz [Head of the German Navy], and the points which had "conspired to give him, and the large Naval Party power".

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith], Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] and the Chancellor of the Exchequer [David Lloyd George], on a report by the Naval Intelligence Division on relative German and British naval strength. [Carbon].

Minute from Rear-Admiral Alexander Bethell, Director of Naval Intelligence, to WSC, on the naval construction programme, 1912-1919, necessary to maintain Britain's 60 per cent superiority over the German navy. [Carbon].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the work of the Commission, particularly the possibility of distilling oil from coal. [Typescript copy; see CHAR 13/15/56-57 for original].

Letter from Arthur Grenfell, Chesham Place, London SW1 to WSC, congratulations on speech. Praising him for bringing up the question of the return of the Mandated territories, and commenting that the replies of the Prime Minister [Stanley Baldwin] and Neville Chamberlain were far from satisfactory. Commenting on the situation in Tanganyika [later Tanzania], and other former German possessions in Africa.

Imperial Policy Group - Statement on Foreign Policy, particularly on the future of the Low Countries and the re-militarisation of the Rhine Zone [printed].

Letter from WSC to Alfred Wise MP, on statement on Foreign Policy by the Imperial Policy Group. Commenting that at that time Britain, France and Belgium commanded superior forces on the Western Front, but that by 1938 Germany would have 80 or 90 Divisions, far more than the Allies. Suggesting that Britain should bring in all of the other countries against German aggression before the end of the year, and that it might be possible to come to terms with Germany without a war.

Letter from Lord Halsbury, Paris, to WSC, on Anglo-French relations. Commenting that many in France felt that Britain would never help France, no matter what happened, and that Anthony Eden (later Lord Avon) at the Foreign Office was regareded as am insult to any nation to whom he had been sent.

Statement by WSC, on the death of German Ambassador to Britain, Baron Hoesch, sent to the Press Association [carbon].

Letter from Harold Laski, London School of Economics to WSC, sending copy of book "The Yellow Spot - The Extermination of the Jews in Germany", in the hope that it would "awaken our people to the menace of the new Germany". Asking if WSC would be prepared to say a few words about it that could be used for publication.

Letter from Louis Raemaekers, Brussels, Belgium to WSC, on declaration in the "Hitler - Hugenberg" speeches that "Pacifism and Blasphemy" had to be stamped out of the German nation".

Letter from Paul Maze, Chinatown St., London SW1 to WSC, offering sympathy on him not being appointed Minister of Defence. Commenting that the public were beginning to realise that WSC was right. "Hitler will come to heel if he knows that all countries are against him".

Letter from WSC to Anthony Eden, (later Lord Avon), on the Spanish Civil War. Commenting on the importance of France remaining strictly neutral even if Germany and Italy continued to support the rebels and the Soviet Union to send money to the Government. Stating that if the French Government took sides against the rebels it would be a "god send to the Germans and the pro-Germans" [carbon].

Letter from WSC to Major-General Sir Hugh Tudor, thanks for letter on the European political situation. Commenting that a strong and growing section of Conservative opinion agreed with Tudor that Britain should form a strong Western Alliance with France and Germany, leaving Germany free to deal with the Soviet Union [carbon].

Letter from Katherine, Duchess of Atholl, Eastwold, Dunkeld to WSC, on serious blindness in the City of London regarding Germany. Suggesting that WSC should give a speech there.