Letter from P H Kerr (York Club, Toronto, [Canada]) to Lionel Curtis on efforts in Canada to reach agreement on naval policy. Incomplete typescript copy.

Letter from Geoffrey Robinson (Printing House Square, [London]) to WSC commending the suggestion in the "Times" that Parliament be asked to endorse the proposal to include a regular Canadian representative on the Committee of Imperial Defence.

Letter from Geoffrey Robinson (Printing House Square, [London]) to WSC on how WSC's memorandum [?on an emergency naval contribution by Canada] and the speech of Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] are to be covered in the "Times".

Cutting from the "Daily Star" (Toronto, Canada): editorial praising the conduct of Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, in Britain and criticising British Unionist politicians who warn that Ulster will violently rebel against Home Rule for Ireland, contrasting this with more temperate reactions to similar problems in Canada. Annotated: "This is good stuff to pump into Bonar's [Andrew Bonar Law] face and the other Hell hounds. You are a brick Winston".

Letter from 1st Lord Northcliffe [earlier Sir Alfred Harmsworth] (Hotel St Regis, Fifth Avenue and Fifty Fifth Street, New York, [United States]) to WSC urging him to go on a speaking tour of Canada and describing the prospects of that country retaining its links with Britain as "touch and go". Signed typescript. Illustration of hotel in letter head.

Letter from J Nash (10 Downing Street) to Edward Marsh on the nomination of chairmen of royal commissions and the refusal of Herbert Asquith [alter 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] to see a deputation about Canadian cattle.

Letter from Sir Max Aitken [later Lord Beaverbrook] to WSC offering to arrange a political tour of Canada for him. Asserts that had Joseph Chamberlain gone on such a tour he would have won the country over to Imperial Preference. Points out that his (Aitken's) involvement in big trusts in Canada has made him unpopular among western farmers, but this need not affect WSC on his tour.

Letter from G Wallace Carter, general secretary of the Free Trade Union (8 Victoria Street, Westminster, London) to WSC (Home Office) describing the inadequate British news service in Canadian newspapers and suggesting that a summary of each day's parliamentary debates be cabled to all the Dominions free of charge. Signed typescript. Annotated with instruction by WSC to show the letter to Colonel [John Seely, late Lord Mottistone].

Letter from Lord Northcliffe [earlier Sir Aflfred Harmsworth] (The Times) to WSC explaining why he thinks WSC should visit Canada. Signed typescript.

Letter from M.S. Kelly to WSC, on the need for houses for the families of the Royal Garrison Regiment stationed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, enclosing cutting from The Toiler, Journal of the Halifax and Dartmouth Trades' and Labor Council.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Bar Harbour Malvern Hotel, Maine, to WSC, on Lord and Lady Randolph's visit to the United States and Canada, and on WSC's proposed visit to Germany.

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to [? Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada], on the shipbuilding programme and the provision of Canadian ships to help in the defence of the Empire. [Carbon].

Letter from Lewis Harcourt, Colonial Office, to WSC, protesting about the Admiralty communicating directly with the Canadian Government though the High Commission in London, on the storage of fuel at Halifax, Nova Scotia, stating that such communications should go through the Colonial Office.

Minute from the Secretary, Admiralty, to the Private Office to the First Lord [WSC], commenting on letter from Lewis Harcourt, Colonial Office, protesting about the Admiralty's direct negotiation with the Government of Canada over oil storage facilities, rather than working through the Colonial Office.

Copies of telegrams addressed by Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] to the First Lord of the Admiralty [WSC], on the Canadian contribution of ships to the Royal Navy. [Printed for circulation to the Cabinet].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to James Masterton Smith [Private Secretary to WSC] on difficulties with Canada's contribution of battleships to the Royal Navy. [Carbon].

Documents on the Canadian contribution of three Dreadnoughts to the Royal Navy, including extracts from speeches, letters and statements by WSC and Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada]. [Printed for circulation to the Cabinet, Jan 1914].

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [? Herbert Asquith, Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith], sending a corrected copy of a public memorandum on Canadian defence, asking for comments. [Carbon].

2 copies of minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to the Secretary, Board of Admiralty [Sir (William) Graham Greene], asking him to bring the memorandum [on Imperial defence for the Canadian Government] before the Board of Admiralty. WSC gives the text of a minute to be read to the Board if no agreement is reached on the memorandum, and gives details of appendices to the memorandum. [Carbon].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the secret Canadian Memorandum [on Imperial Defence], stating that he found it difficult to understand why he received little support from his two principal naval colleagues [1st Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman, and 2nd Sea Lord, Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and the Chief of Staff [? Rear-Admiral Ernest Troubridge]. [Carbon, annotated "not sent"].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [Herbert Asquith, Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith], on alterations to the Canadian naval memorandum, and its dispatch to Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] via Lewis Harcourt, Secretary of State for the Colonies. [Carbon].

Letter from WSC [(Admiralty)] to [?] Lewis Harcourt [Secretary of State for the Colonies] [or to Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary] on sending the memorandum on Canadian emergency contribution to the Royal Navy of 3 Dreadnoughts to Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada]. [Carbon, with hand-written annotations].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada], enclosing memoranda [not present, on Canada's emergency contribution of 3 Dreadnoughts to the Royal Navy]. [Carbon].