Letter from [Joseph] Saville Garner [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Lord Cranborne, later 5th Lord Salisbury] to John Martin [Private Secretary to WSC], on a request for leave received by Lord Cranborne from Malcolm MacDonald [British High Commissioner in Canada] who wishes to discuss recent developments raised by Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada]; annotated by WSC postponing leave, with reply.

Telegram from Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] to WSC on changes in Canadian security, particularly in the port of Halifax as a result of Brigadier Craig's Port Security Mission recommendations.

Telegram from the Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] to WSC advising that Canada has declared war on Finland, Romania and Hungary.

Letter from 1st Lord Queenborough [earlier Almeric Paget] to John Colville [Private Secretary to WSC], asking him to show enclosure to WSC; encloses a copy of a letter from Arthur Meighen [Leader of the Government in the Canadian Senate] with opinions about war expressed in Canada and the United States; annotated; with acknowledgement from Colville.

Draft Admiralty memorandum on the naval defence of the Empire for presentation to the Canadian Parliament. [Printed].

Admiralty memorandum with prints of the correspondence between WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty and Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, on the naval defence of the Empire, including Canada's contribution. [Printed].

Admiralty memorandum with prints of the correspondence between WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty and Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, on the naval defence of the Empire, particularly the Canadian emergency contribution to the Royal Navy. [Printed].

Extract from speech by Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] to the Canadian House of Commons on the Canadian Naval Aid Bill. [Printed].

Secret memorandum on the general naval situation relating to Britain and Germany, prepared by the Admiralty for the information of Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada]. [White Paper, published August 1914].

Letter from Herbert Asquith [Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the political situation in Canada.

Note by [Hamar Greenwood] on the political situation in Canada, particularly concerning Britain's naval policy. [Typescript copy on Admiralty notepaper; see CHAR 13/20/26-35 for original.].

Letter from Hamar Greenwood to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the Canadian naval and political situation.

Letter from Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] (Ottawa) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on his intention to provide Britain with 3 capital ships, which was facing political difficulties. [Typescript marked "secret and personal".].

Letter from Lewis Harcourt [Secretary of State for the Colonies] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on Canada's emergency contribution of three Dreadnoughts to the Royal Navy.

Letter from 1st Lord Haldane [Lord Chancellor, former Secretary of State for War] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] reporting his meeting with Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] on the naval question.

Letter from John Norton-Griffiths (Chateau Frontenac, Quebec [Canada]) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] reporting on the naval situation in Canada; includes note from Edward Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC]. [Copy at CHAR 13/20/147].

Press-cutting from the Vancouver Advertiser on the naval situation in Canada.

Letter from Herbert Asquith [Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the shipbuilding programme, and the Canadian contribution to the Royal Navy. [Typescript copy at CHAR 13/20/141].

Letter from Herbert Asquith [Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the shipbuilding programme, and the Canadian contribution to the Royal Navy. [Typescript copy of CHAR 13/20/105].

Letter from John Norton-Griffiths [(Chateau Frontenac, Quebec, Canada)] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] reporting on the naval situation in Canada. [copy of CHAR 13/20/76-78].

Letter from Sir Richard M'Bride, Prime Minister of British Columbia [Canada] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the Canadian contribution to the Royal Navy.

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [Sir Francis Hopwood, Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty, later 1st Lord Southborough] on the Canadian contribution of 3 battleships to the Royal Navy, described as the "key to the Anglo-German naval situation". [Carbon copy].

Telegram from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Prime Minister of Canada [Robert Borden] on the Canadian contribution of three battleships for the Royal Navy. [Carbon copy].

Correspondence between WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] and Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] on Imperial naval defence, proposing the formation of an Imperial Squadron of five ships: three Canadian ships with the capital ships New Zealand and Malaya [later part of Malaysia]. [Printed for circulation to the Cabinet].