Letter from [WSC] to [4th Lord Salisbury] on arrangements for a meeting of members of both house of parliament opposed to government policy on India and the desirability of moving that the Joint Select Committee on India be instructed to give priority of consideration to the Simon Report. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from [2nd Lord Linlithgow] (Hopetoun House, South Queensferry, [West Lothian], Scotland) to WSC introducing Professor N Gangulee, a pro-British Bengali who was on the Agricultural Commission in India and who married Rabindranath Tagore's daughter.

Letter from Ellen Stutely, chairman of the women's section of the South Chingford Conservative and Unionist Association [Essex] to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/192/70 and declaring her opposition to the National Government's policy on India.

Letter from [WSC] to Ellen Stutely [chairman of the women's section of the South Chingford Conservative and Unionist Association] advising that she should make her seconding of the Conservative conference resolution approving government policy conditional on the addition of a sentence hoping that imperial authority in the central government of India will not be abdicated. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from John Gretton [later 1st Lord Gretton] (35 Belgrave Square, [London]) to WSC on the tactics they should adopt in moving their amendment to the motion setting up the Joint Select Committee on India.

Letter from [WSC] to 7th Lord Londonderry reporting that Admiral Sir Reginald Custance agrees with him on the tactical methods of air defence, praising Sir Philip Sassoon's speech [on the air estimates] and attacking Londonderry's speech on India as damaging to the Conservative Party. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Lord Hugh Cecil [later Lord Quickswood] (21 Arlington Street, [London]) to WSC stating that he does not think democratic government can succeed in India, suggesting that it would be better to grant the Indian agitators what they want so that they can then be blamed for the inevitable collapse, and stressing the importance of constitutional safeguards.

Notice by F H Brown, honorary secretary of the East India Association, of the alteration of the date of the discussion meeting hosted by Nancy, Lady Astor on "the political rights of women under the new Indian constitution".

Letter from [WSC] to 1st Lord Rankeillour [earlier Lord James Hope] asking for advice on the procedure for adding to the government motion for the appointment of a Joint Select Committee on India the proviso that the House of Commons is not committed to the proposals of the White Paper and especially to the scheme for responsible government at the centre. Typescript copy.

Letter from [WSC] to [Brigadier-General Sir James Edmonds] thanking him for a letter about India [possibly CHAR 2/192/85-88] and stating his intention of fighting hard over the issue. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from [WSC] to John Gretton [later 1st Lord Gretton] enclosing a copy of CHAR 2/192/80-81 and announcing his intention of cross-examining Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] about the guidance he will offer to the Joint Select Committee [on India]. Carbon typescript copy.

Question for oral answer from WSC to [Sir Samuel Hoare, later Lord Templewood] on the advice Hoare will give to the Joint Select Committee on India on their relations with the Indian representatives who have been invited to Britain. Carbon typescript copy.

Lette from Lord Carson [earlier Sir Edward Carson] (5 Eaton Place, [London]) to WSC praising the passages on India and Ireland in WSC's speech [at the 25th anniversary meeting of the Anti-Socialist and Anti-Communist Union] and asserting that "the Conservative party are duped over India".

Letter from Lord Rankeillour [earlier Lord James Hope] (3 South Eaton Place, [London]) to WSC on procedure for adding a proviso to the motion for the establishment of a Joint Select Committee on India.

Note on the proviso to be appended to the motion to establish a Joint Select Committee on India stating that the House is not committed to any proposals in the White Paper.

Telegram from the Belfast Telegraph to WSC on the reported cancelling of the re-enactment of the storming of Kashmir Gate at the Aldershot tattoo for fear of offending Indian sensibilities and referring to the monuments in Lisburn [Ulster, Ireland] to John Nicholson, who fell at the storming.

Letter from [4th Lord Salisbury] (21 Arlington Street, [London]) to WSC approving CHAR 2/192/98 and stating referring to young peers who share his and WSC's views on India.

Amendment to the motion establishing a Joint Select Committee on India stating that the House of Commons is not committing itself to the proposals of the White Paper with reference especially to any scheme of responsible government at the centre.

Letter from John Gretton [later 1st Lord Gretton] (35 Belgrave Square, [London]) to WSC on the probable date for the motion to set up a Joint Select Committee on India.

Letter from Professor N Gangulee (Royal Empire Society, Northumberland Avenue, London) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/192/103 and offering his assistance in WSC's opposition to the proposed constitution for India.

Letter from Mrs E M Goult, honorary secretary of the Rayleigh Independent Conservative Association (Central Chambers, High Street, Rayleigh, Essex) to WSC conveying resolutions of her committee that official Conservative Party should no longer be supported in view of the Indian policy of the National Government and that Sir Henry Page Croft and his India Defence Group should form an Independent Conservative Party to fight the next election.

Draft of a statement by the Indian Defence Committee recognising the Government's declaration that it is not asking the House of Commons to commit itself to the proposals in the White Paper on India but affirming its continued opposition to the removal of British control of the Indian central government and the transfer of responsibility for law and order.

Letter from Sir Michael O'Dwyer (Sunny Bank, Thurleston, South Devon) to WSC arguing against the relinquishment by the Crown of control of defence in India because of the guarantees of protection given by Britain to the Indian princes.

Letter from Sir Henry Lawrence (Greenheys, Boar's Hill, Oxford) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/192/114-117.