Letter from [Violet Pearman] to the private secretary to Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] giving notice that WSC intends to ask Hoare in the House of Commons whether a committee of Indians is to be invited by the Government to participate in the work of the Joint Select Committee on India. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from WSC to the private secretary to the Speaker asking leave to raise a point of order asking Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] why he disallowed WSC's question to him about the Government's invitation to a committee of Indians to participate in the Joint Select Committee on India. Carbon typescript copy.

Private notice question from WSC to Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] on the Government's reported invitation to a committee of Indians to participate in the Joint Select Committee on India.

Letter from H A Gwynne (The Morning Post, 15 Tudor Street, London) to WSC congratulating him on his recent speech on India, predicting a stiff fight against the supporters of the Indian reforms and recommending the services an Indian supporter of the Raj, Madhava Rao, to WSC, Lord Lloyd [earlier Sir George Lloyd] and others who share their views.

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.

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.