Report in French by Jacques Marsillac on a conversation with WSC in which WSC gave strong assurances that Britain would fight alongside France if the circumstances of 1914 arose again.

Letter from WSC (Cannes, [France] to [Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII and the Duke of Windsor] criticising recent British policy in India, praising the Prince's visit there, expressing optimism about the Irish settlement, praising the Pacific Agreement reached at the Washington Conference, criticising the French attitude on submarines and hoping that the Prince will make progress at polo. Typescript copy.

Letter from "Louis" [Brigadier-General Edward Spears] (13 Rue Monsieur, Paris, [France]) to WSC reporting on the anti-British feeling in France arising from the belief that Britain has colluded with the United States to impose conditions on France but hoping that the strong support for Britain from Paul Painleve and Aristide Briand will have its effect on public opinion. Mentions that he has been informed that a British General Election is imminent.

Pamphlet in French by Vice-Admiral Favereau attacking the proposals of the Washington Conference regarding the French Navy. Covering note at CHAR 2/124A/7.

Page from the African World including editorial on the danger to Britain if France gained control of Tangier [Morocco]. Sent with CHAR 2/121/127.

Letter from H A Gwynne (The Morning Post, 346 Strand, [London]) to WSC urging him to protest against David Lloyd George's policy at the Genoa Conference of allowing the aggrandisement of Russia and Germany at the expense of France.

Letter from WSC to H A Gwynne arguing that the Bolsheviks will use their attendance at the Genoa Conference for propaganda purposes at home and that in the unlikely event of their reaching an agreement at the Conference, bringing the threat of a rift between Britain and France, "a very grave issue will be raised on which in the first instance the Cabinet must pronounce." Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from [WSC] to "Fred" [1st Lord Birkenhead, earlier F E Smith] describing his recent fall from a polo pony and regretting that Birkenhead should have given the bulk of Conservatives a further reason to disagree with him by associating himself with the apparently conciliatory attitude being adopted towards the Bolsheviks, to the detriment of Britain's relations with France, by [David Lloyd George] at the Genoa Conference.

Letter from 17th Lord Derby (Derby House, Stratford Place, [London]) to WSC asking him to address a dinner being held to promote closer co-operation between Anglo-French societies and thanking him for taking his son, Lord Stanley, as an assistant private secretary.

Letter from WSC (Colonial Office) to "Eddie" [17th Lord Derby] arguing that it is a delicate time to speak about Anglo-French relations because France may invade the Ruhr [Germany] and that Britain should have used her influence to prevent such an event rather than "quarrelling with France for not pandering to the Bolshevists". Copy in the hand of Edward Marsh.

Letter from 17th Lord Derby (Derby House, Stratford Place, [London]) to WSC repeating his request to him to address a dinner being held to promote closer co-operation between Anglo-French societies, which he believes will help to improve relations between Britain and France which have been damaged by the policy of David Lloyd George and will dissuade France from invading the Ruhr [Germany].

Letter from 17th Lord Derby (Derby House, Stratford Place, [London]) to WSC reporting that there is widespread bitterness in France against David Lloyd George but that most people, including Raymond Poincare, would not support an occupation of the Ruhr [Germany]. Again urges WSC to address the dinner being held to promote closer co-operation between Anglo-French societies and states his inability to support David Lloyd George's foreign policy.

Letter in French from S Gichou (Vers-en-montagne, Jura, [France) to WSC on WSC's electoral campaign and his personal influence in fostering amicable relations between Britain and France.

Letter from Eric Phipps (British Embassy, Paris, [France]) to WSC enclosing and commenting on CHAR 2/141/9 and reporting that the French are grateful to WSC for the consideration which he displayed towards them, which shows the need to "distinguish between the present very reasonable and friendly French Goverment and their noxious predecessors.".

Letter in French from Louis Loucheur (9 Rue Hamelin, Paris, [France]) to WSC thanking him for his letter and looking forward to the settlement of the wartime debts between Britain and France.

Article from the "Banker": "The real financial situation in France" by Joseph Caillaux. Annotated with comments by WSC.

Letter from WSC to Sir William Tyrrell congratulating him on his appointment as ambassador to France, recalling their time together at the Admiralty and referring to the need for reconciliation between Britain, Germany and France. Typescript copy.

Letter from Sir William Tyrrell (Foreign Office) to WSC thanking him for his letter [congratulating him on his appointment as ambassador to France], expressing support for WSC's policy towards France and Germany, praising his work at the Admiralty in 1914 and noting that CSC is making good progress after her illness.

Letter from Sir Abe Bailey (38 Bryanston Square, [London]) to WSC arguing that with the departure of [1st Lord Birkenhead, earlier F E Smith] from the Cabinet WSC is in a dominant position. Expresses opposition to the Anglo-French alliance because it threatens to make Germany and the United States enemies of Britain.

Letter from [WSC] to Sir Sydney Chapman (Board of Trade) asking if it is true that France is obtaining large quantities of coal from Germany for nothing and then exporting it to neutral countries at prices fatal to Britain's coal export trade. Typescript copy.

Letter from 17th Lord Derby (Knowsley, Prescot, Lancashire) to WSC expressing agreement with his policy on the Bolsheviks, arguing that long-term trading relations with Russia under a Soviet government will be impossible, and asking WSC's opinion of his idea of a defensive alliance with France.

Letter from [WSC] to 17th Lord Derby arguing that Mustafa Kemal Pasha [later Ataturk] and a reconciled Turkey should be used as a barrier against the Bolsheviks and to safeguard British interests in the Middle East and India, and that an Anglo-French defensive alliance would be a good idea provided France agreed to let Germany revive economically and so form a barrier to the westward spread of Bolshevism. Also discusses Derby's Territorial Army division. Typescript copy.