Draft resolution for submission at a meeting in the Free Trade Hall in Manchester opposing relinquishment by Britain of control of the central government in India and pointing out the threat posed to the Lancashire textile industry by the aspirations of Indian nationalist politicians.

Letter from [WSC] to Lord Midleton expressing shock that Midleton prevented the Guildford Conservative Association [Surrey] passing a resolution against the White Paper on India and asserting that many Conservatives are asserting their opposition to it in the face of official displeasure. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Lord Midleton (Carlton Club) to WSC explaining that he differs from him in not believing that the whole of the White Paper policy on India can be successfully opposed and that the most practical policy is to try and save as much in the current situation as possible.

Letter from (98 Elm Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC reporting on a speech by Sir Cecil Fforde, formerly a judge in a high court in Punjab, opposing the transfer to lndian responsibility of the judicial system in India, and enclosing CHAR 2/193/101.

Extract from the Times Trade and Engineering Supplement: report of a speech by Walchand Hirachand, president of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce, calling for commercial discrimination against non-Indians. Typescript copy sent with CHAR 2/193/100.

Letter from Stanley Baldwin [later Lord Baldwin] (Privy Council Office) to 1st Lord Greenway [earlier Sir Charles Greenway] asserting that the appointment of a Socialist or Congress-supporting Governor-General would have to be accompanied by a number of even more important difficulties and asserting that the present Government's reforms, by conciliating moderate Indian opinion, increase the chances of this situation being avoided. Typescript copy sent with CHAR 2/193/102.

Letter from 1st Lord Greenway [earlier Sir Charles Greenway] (Stanbridge Earls, Romsey, Hampshire) to Stanley Baldwin [later Lord Baldwin] urging the Government to withdraw the federal scheme for India and deriding Sir Hubert Carr's claim that in supporting the Government's policy he is representing the British community in India. Typescript copy.

Letter from "Hopie" [2nd Lord Linlithgow] (29 Chesham Place, [London]) to WSC responding to WSC's arguments about India by arguing that progress is prevalent over reaction in the modern world and countering WSC's assertion that there will be an economic struggle for existence between nations by asserting that with falling birth-rates and enhanced production distribution will be the most important economic factor and this will depend on international goodwill rather than enmity.

Letter from J Slee, news editor of British Paramount News (School Road, London) to WSC asking him to record a talk on India.

Letter from Geoffrey Roberts, vice-chairman of the Nelson and Colne Conservative and Unionist Association (Cross Street, Nelson, Lancashire) to WSC conveying a resolution of his association approving Linton Thorp's support for Sir Henry Page Croft's motion on India, with an addition regretting the refusal by Page Croft, WSC and 1st Lord Lloyd [earlier Sir George Lloyd] to join the Joint Select Committee on India.

Letter from [WSC] to Geoffrey Roberts [vice-chairman of the Nelson and Colne Conservative and Unionist Association] approving his association's resolution on India [see CHAR 2/193/116] and explaining that he did not join the Joint Select Committee on India because he believed it was packed in favour of supporters of the White Paper. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Sir James Hawkey, vice-chairman of the West Essex Unionist Association (26 Broomhill Road, Woodford Green, Essex) to WSC enclosing a letter from Yeovil [Somerset] showing the methods adopted by their opponents in the constituencies [not present], stressing the need for a friendly press and deploring the attitude of the Sunday Express.

Letter from James Johnston, retired member of the Indian Civil Service (Villa de Mon Reve, 2 Upper Clarendon Road, Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/193/130-131 and affirming his support for WSC's views on India.

Extract from a book [by James Johnston, retired member of the Indian Civil Service] criticising the apparent intention to rely on the RAF rather than the Army to maintain internal order in India. Sent with CHAR 2/193/128-129.

Letter from J B Harrop (20 Regent Road, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands) to WSC urging him to broadcast from a foreign station about India.

Cutting from the Morning Post: letter to the editor from A H T Clarke (The Rectory, Devizes, [Wiltshire]) criticising the defence by J L Garvin in the Observer of the White Paper on India.

Letter from Phujauddin Khan (Wassiamul Mansion, Gumballa Hill, Bombay, [India]) to WSC describing what he sees as the differences between WSC's views on India and those of the Government, complaining about the British failure to protect the Muslims from oppression by the Hindus, especially in Bengal [parts of Bangladesh and India], and urging Britain to enlist the support of the Muslims against threatened uprisings.

Article by Moulvi Mahmood-ul Hasan Kermani, a lawyer of Bara Banki, [India] criticising the White Paper on India and including a brief political history of the country and a consideration of the suitability of establishing in it a system of western democracy. Sent with CHAR 2/193/143.

Resolution [of the Burton-on-Trent Conservative Association, Staffordshire] opposing the setting up of central federal government in India and the handing over of law and order to Indian legislatures before provincial self-government has been tested. Sent with CHAR 2/193/160.

Letter from Edward Russell (The Morning Post, 15 Tudor Street, London) to WSC quoting two reports of a speech in December 1931 by 1st Lord Willingdon [earlier Freeman Freeman-Thomas], the Viceroy of India, favouring the granting of self-government to Indians but attacking the seditious agitation by Congress, and questioning why supporters of the White Paper have only now denied that Willingdon said this.

Letter from E Hayward to WSC denying that Sir Hubert Carr's committed support for the White Paper is representative of British opinion in India, reporting the unenthusiastic response to the proposed reforms by British business leaders and asserting that supporters of the Government's policy have been favoured with promotion in the Indian Civil Service. Copy sent with CHAR 2/193/166. Original at CHAR 2/196/14-17.

Letter from John Gretton [later 1st Lord Gretton] (35 Belgrave Square, [London]) to WSC on the anxiety of 4th Lord Salisbury that the motion to allow the Joint Select Committee on India to appoint sub-committees to help in taking evidence should not be obstructed.

Letter from Katharine, Duchess of Atholl (Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, [Perthshire, Scotland]) to WSC on the giving of evidence by WSC and others [to the Joint Select Committee on India].

Letter from "BB" (20 Bishopsgate, London) to WSC suggesting that WSC write to Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] asking whether he approved the attempt of the viceroy, 1st Lord Willingdon, to anticipate and perhaps defy the conclusions of the Joint Select Committee on India. With typed note of reply that WSC was carefully thinking over the suggestion, 20 Sep.