Letter from Sir [John] Mark Hunter, Secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC on the 100 pounds that Oliver Locker-Lampson has made available to pay off some of the deficit incurred by the organisation of the Society meeting at the Albert Hall, London.

Letter from [Violet Pearman], Private Secretary to WSC, to Brendan Bracken (8 North Street, London) enclosing questions from the Indian Empire Society which WSC would like Bracken to ask in the House of Commons [not present]. [Carbon typescript copy].

Letter from [Violet Pearman], Private Secretary to WSC, to Sir [John] Mark Hunter ([Secretary of the] Indian Empire Society, 28 Alfred Place, London) reporting that WSC has asked Brendan Bracken to ask in the House of Commons the questions Hunter sent. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Sir [John] Mark Hunter, Secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, London) to WSC asking him to put questions on Communal violence in India to the Secretary of State for India [William Wedgwood Benn, later 1st Lord Stansgate].

Letter from Sir [John] Mark Hunter, Secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, London) to WSC quoting a telegram from a member of the Indian Legislative (Central) Assembly and the Round Table Conference to Waris Ameer Ali expressing gratitude for the support given to the Muslims at the Society meeting in the Albert Hall [London] and warning of the danger of conciliating extremists.

Letter from [Violet Pearman], Private Secretary to WSC, to Sir [John] Mark Hunter ([Secretary of the] Indian Empire Society, 28 Alfred Place, London) conveying WSC's view that the telegram quoted in CHAR 2/180B/137 should be published. [Carbon typescript copy].

Note of WSC's reply to CHAR 2/180B/140-148.

Telegram from Shaukatali Abdullaharoon Shafidaudi (New Delhi, [India]) to WSC conveying the resolutions of the All-India Muslim Conference deploring the Hindu violence against Muslims [at Cawnpore, later Kanpur] and explaining the Muslims' dissatisfaction with the Round Table Conference proposals on provincial government and federation.

Letter from [WSC] to Mohammed Ishaque (102 Prinsep Street, P O Dhurrumtolla, Calcutta, [India]) agreeing with most of his letter [on the situation in India] and predicting that all will come right in the end. [Carbon typescript copy. Annotated that the letter was sent to Sir Robert Horne].

Letter from A B Platt Allen (The Cottage, Aldford, near Chester [Cheshire]) to WSC praising his stand on India and suggesting that he have an interview with Sir Charles Tegart, the Calcutta Commissioner of Police, who is currently in London.

Letter from [WSC] to Sir [John] Mark Hunter [Secretary of the Indian Empire Society] describing his intention of publishing his speeches on India, suggesting that further meetings on the matter should be delayed a little and that 1st Lord Brentford [earlier Sir William Joynson-Hicks] should be asked to address other Indian Empire Society meetings, where he might be joined by 1st Lord Lloyd. [Carbon typescript copy].

Letter from [WSC] to Sir Reginald Craddock asking him to check the proofs of his speeches on India which he intends to publish. [Carbon typescript copy].

Letter from Sir [John] Mark Hunter, Secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC approving his choice of Sir Reginald Craddock to check the proofs of his speeches on India and thanking him for his suggestion that 1st Lord Brentford [earlier Sir William Joynson-Hicks] and 1st Lord Lloyd be asked to address Society meetings.

Letter from [WSC] to Sir [John] Mark Hunter [Secretary of the Indian Empire Society] asking him to prepare a statement of the aims of the Society for inclusion in his book of speeches on India. [Carbon typescript copy].

Letter from [WSC] to 9th Duke of Marlborough [earlier Lord Blandford] advising him to speak in the forthcoming debate on India in the House of Lords. [Carbon typescript copy].

Letter from Waris Amir Ali (Indian Empire Society, 28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/180B/160 and explaining why the members of the Indian Empire Society differ from the view of Edward Villiers [President of the European Association of India] on administrative reform there.

Cutting from the Daily Express: interview with Edward Villiers, President of the European Association of India, in which he stated the view of the British business community in India that Mohandas Gandhi should be told that he will not be allowed to raise the question of the right of secession from the Empire at the forthcoming conference. [Sent with CHAR 2/180B/158-159].

Letter from [WSC] to Waris Ameer Ali [Indian Empire Society] on the views of Edward Villiers [President of the European Association of India] and his (WSC's) intention of emphasising the points made by Ali in CHAR 2/180B/158-159 in the forthcoming debate in the House of Commons. [Carbon typescript copy].

Letter from Waris Ameer Ali (Indian Empire Society, 28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/180B/163 to illustrate the Hindu nationalist attempts to try and show a split among the Muslims.

Page from the "Muslim Outlook" (Lahore [India]): marked articles on the Muslim "Nationalist Conference" and Congress attempts to split the Muslims. [Sent with CHAR 2/180B/162].

Letter from Sir [John] Mark Hunter, Secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC praising his book of speeches on India and describing the pamphlet by 1st Lord Sydenham [earlier Sir George Clarke] on Indian federation as "a very complete exposition of the futility of that ideal.".

Letter from Sir [John] Mark Hunter, Secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC conveying a request from 1st Lord Sydenham [earlier Sir George Clarke] that he speak on India in Tunbridge Wells [Kent] with Waris Ameer Ali [Indian Empire Society] and reporting that he has written to Sindu Hardil Singh asking where a copy of his booklet may be obtained and that he will put Mr Hudson's publication about the Ahmedabad mills before his committee.

Letter from G N Andrews (Indian Empire Society, 28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC enclosing and commenting on CHAR 2/180B/171-174, rejecting charges that he is an anti-Semite, stressing the need for what he sees as the truth about India to be publicised and for the Government of India to be thoroughly overhauled, asking for an interview with WSC and referring to winning 1st Lord Reading [former Viceroy and Governor- General of India, earlier Sir Rufus Isaacs] over to their side.

Letter from Waris Ameer Ali (Indian Empire Society, 28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/180B/176 and CHAR 2/180B/177 for WSC's information when he moves for a debate in the House of Commons on the Cawnpore [later Kanpur, India] riots.