Letter from WSC [(Admiralty)] to 1st Lord Crewe [Secretary of State for India, earlier Robert Crewe-Milnes and 2nd Lord Houghton] on India's contribution to Imperial naval defence. [Carbon].

Letter from WSC [(Admiralty)] to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on India's contribution to Imperial naval defence and the cost of naval services in Indian waters. [Carbon].

Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander- in-Chief India] to WSC marked "most secret" regarding the situation in India: comments on estimates for the arrival of reinforcements; assesses principal dangers for the next two months; comments on problems of railway movement; promises to telegraph separately on the defences of Ceylon [later Sri Lanka]; states that all operations will depend mainly on the strength of air force that can be provided.

Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander in Chief India] marked "personal and secret" questioning Wavell's reasons for delaying offensive operations from India and his request for 1150 first-line aircraft.

Telegram from WSC to Viceroy of India [2nd Lord Linlithgow] marked "immediate" thanking him for undertaking to remain in office for a further six months and reciting text of press announcement.

Telegram from Viceroy of India [2nd Lord Linlithgow] to WSC marked "private and personal" thanking him for his kind message and for the terms used in the announcement of his extension of office.

Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to Leopald Amery [Secretary of State for India] marked "most secret and personal" referring to a broadcast reported by the BBC in which Amery spoke of the Government's pledge to give India her independence after the war, and stating that this goes beyond the declaration approved by the War Cabinet.

Telegram from WSC [Moscow, Soviet Union] to Secretary of State for India [Leopald Amery] commenting on extracts from his broadcast regarding India.

Letter from Amy Guest (Villa Artemis, Palm Beach, United States) regarding the question of India after the war and asking if he thinks it might be possible to separate India into Hindu and Mohammedan states controlled by a central capital which would administer national departments but would leave religion and education to be governed locally Signed.

Telegram from WSC to Commander-in-Chief, India [General Sir Archibald Wavell] with message on Indian War Effort for Viceroy's Defence Council.

Letter from 1st Lord Crewe [Secretary of State for India, earlier Lord Houghton and Robert Crewe- Milnes] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the use of HMS Weymouth to protect Bombay. [Carbon].

Letter from 1st Lord Crewe [Secretary of State for India, earlier Robert Crewe-Milnes and 2nd Lord Houghton] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on the transport of Indian troops to Europe.

Telegram from the Viceroy of India [1st Lord Hardinge of Penshurst] to the India Office on the movements of the German cruiser Emden in Indian waters, requesting an increase in naval forces to protect the area. Includes a covering note from the India Office, annotated with a suggested reply by WSC, listing the ships already hunting the Emden, and urging that any panic should be repressed by the example of the authorities.

Letter from Archie Sinclair [later Lord Thurso], Robin Hood farm, Kingston Vale, London, to WSC, sympathy on motor accident in New York. Also commenting on success of his speech on India "I wonder if you ever spoke better...", and on the progress of the National Government "Like a char a banc without brakes, we go tearing round awkward corners, but we cling patriotically to our seats. None of us has been flung out yet".

Letter from [ ], Alloa House, Alloa to WSC, thanks for letter of sympathy on the death of "Jumbo".

Letter from [WSC] to [Sir (John) Mark Hunter, Secretary of the Indian Empire Society] on publicity for the Society meeting in Manchester and the desirability of Sir Frank Boyd-Merriman [MP for Rusholme Division, Manchester, later 1st Lord Merriman] and Esmond Harmsworth [later 2nd Lord Rothermere] speaking at it. [Carbon typescript copy].

Letter from Sir [John] Mark Hunter, Secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC reporting that he has seen staff of the Daily Mail about the forthcoming meeting in Manchester and suggesting speakers for the meeting.

Letter from Sir [John] Mark Hunter, Secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC reporting that the executive committee of the Society has agreed that Esmond Harmsworth [later 2nd Lord Rothermere] should be invited to speak after WSC at the Manchester meeting.