Notes by [Professor F A Lindemann, later Lord Cherwell] on the report of the Indian Franchise Committee (the Lothian Report). Sent with CHAR 2/189/85.

Letter from [WSC] to [4th Lord Salisbury] approving the decision to remit the Indian constitutional issue to a Joint Committee of both Houses and discussing the representation of his and Salisbury's point of view on the committee. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from [WSC] to Lord Lloyd [earlier Sir George Lloyd] doubting that Waris Amir Ali knows much about the internal affairs of the British government and discussing the composition of the Joint Select Committee of both Houses on India. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from [WSC] to Brendan Bracken [later Lord Bracken] on the plan for WSC and his supporters to move a resolution about India. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] (India Office) to WSC denying the assertions made about the Government's policy on India in an article in the "Observer" [see CHAR 2/189/100].

Letter from [WSC] to Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] (India Office) approving his disapproval of the assertions made about the Government's policy on India in an article in the "Observer" [see CHAR 2/189/100]. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Sir Louis Stuart, secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC enclosing and summarising CHAR 2/189/100 and asking him on behalf of 1st Lord Sydenham [earlier Sir George Clarke] how best to meet this "attempt to dragoon the Conservative Party" over India.

Cutting from the "Observer": article on the attitude of Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] and the rest of the Government to the procedure governing discussions about India's constitutional future. Sent with CHAR 2/189/99.

Resolution of a meeting presided over by Major-General Sir Charles Melliss of residents of Camberley [Surrey] and neighbourhood who have lived in India protesting against the procedure adopted by the National Government with regard to its proposals for constitutional reform in India.

Letter from Sir Alfred Knox (Binfield House, Binfield, Berkshire) to WSC on the resolutions on India to be moved at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool [Lancashire].

Note from Violet Pearman to WSC giving the text of a letter from Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] to Lord Lloyd [earlier Sir George Lloyd] clarifying Hoare's statement of government policy on India in his speech at the Conservative Party Conference.

Note from [Lord Lloyd, earlier Sir George Lloyd] to [WSC] referring to CHAR 2/189/108.

First report from the joint select committee on the Government of India Act, 1919 (draft rules).

Second report from the joint select committee on the Government of India Act, 1919 (draft rules).

Letter from Patrick Donner (22 Prince's Gardens, [London]) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/192/50-51 and congratulating him on his recent speech on India.

Letter from Patrick Donner, MP for West Islington [London], to Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] arguing that Government policy on India could lead to the loss of the Indian market for British exports and thus worsen the economic distress in his constituency and elsewhere in Britain. Copy sent with CHAR 2/192/49.

Letter from [WSC] to Patrick Donner approving of his letter [see CHAR 2/192/50-51] in which he argued that the loss of India would lead to economic hardship in Britain. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from [WSC] to H A Gwynne advising against inviting [Madhava Rao] from India to advise WSC and others on Indian policy. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Sir Claud Jacob (4 Sussex Mansions, Sussex Place, [London]) to WSC enclosing a book by Lieutenant-Colonel Martin Gompertz about road-building in the North West Provinces of India as a means of pacifying the frontier tribes [not present].

Letter from Harold Robinson, honorary secretary of the Cotton Trade League (82 Princess Street, Manchester) to WSC reporting that the League has passed a resolution approving his attitude on India, which is an important cotton market.

Letter from [WSC] to Harold Robinson, [honorary secretary of the Cotton Trade League], thanking him for the League's resolution approving WSC's stance on India and asking whether he or Robinson should send it to the press. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from [4th Lord Salisbury] (21 Arlington Street, [London]) to WSC suggesting a meeting between those who oppose Government policy in India to discuss the forthcoming White Paper.

Cutting from the "Kent and Sussex Courier": speech attacking Government policy on India by Captain R V Burke at the annual meeting of the Edenbridge branch of the Sevenoaks Unionist Association [Kent].

Letter from [WSC] to Lord Hugh Cecil [later 1st Lord Quickswood] suggesting that it be moved in the House of Commons that the Joint Select Committee on India should give priority of consideration to the Simon Report, and referring to the hostility Randolph Churchill faced during a debate at the Oxford Union.

Letter from [WSC] to [? Robert Perkins, MP for Stroud, Gloucestershire] stating that he does not feel able to make enthusiastic speeches about present government policy and might also be debarred from speaking about India if he is asked to become a member of the Joint Select Committee. Carbon typescript copy.