Letter from [WSC] to Brigadier-General Sir Henry Page Croft thanking him for his recent speech on India in the House of Commons, deriding the assertion of Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] that a Governor could be appointed who was against Federal Home Rule for India, and expressing optimism about the cause of those opposed to Government policy on India. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] (India Office) to WSC formally inviting him to be proposed as a member of the Joint Select Committee on India. Sent with CHAR 2/192/135.

Letter from Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] (India Office) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/192/134 and urging him to accept the invitation to be proposed as a member of the Joint Select Committee on India.

Letter from 9th Duke of Marlborough (7 Carlton House Terrace, [London]) to Sir Louis Stuart [the acting secretary of the Indian Empire Society] (28 Alfred Place, [London]) on the lunch at the Constitutional Club to raise funds for the meeting in the Albert Hall [London] at which WSC is to give an address on India. Carbon typescript copy sent with CHAR 2/189/1.

Letter from Sir Louis Stuart, the acting secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]), to the 9th Duke of Marlborough (7 Carlton House Terrace, [London]) on the date of the lunch at the Constitutional Club [to raise funds for the meeting in the Albert Hall (London) at which WSC is to give an address on India]. Sent with CHAR 2/189/1.

Letter from [WSC] to the 9th Duke of Marlborough on the proposed Indian Empire Society meeting in the Albert Hall [London]. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from [WSC] to Sir Mark Hunter on the proposed Indian Empire Society meeting in the Albert Hall [London]. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from the 9th Duke of Marlborough (House of Lords) to WSC on the lunch at the Constitutional Club to raise funds for an Indian Empire Society meeting at the Albert Hall [London].

Letter from [WSC] to [17th Lord Derby] approving of the decision of Sir Louis Stuart to defer the Indian Empire Society meeting in the Albert Hall because further "constitutional surrender" by the Government will increase support for the Society's position. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Sir Louis Stuart, acting secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC reporting the serious illness of Sir Mark Hunter, enclosing CHAR 2/189/11-12, and reporting that his committee wish to postpone a meeting in the Albert Hall [London] until the right moment arrives. Typescript copy.

Letter from Sir Alfred Knox (13 South Street, [London]) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on the Budget of the previous day and discussing the reduction of Beer Excise and the need for protection of the Indian tea industry, which is mainly British and does not enjoy the sympathy of the Indian nationalists.

Letter from Sir Louis Stuart [acting secretary of the Indian Empire Society] to the 9th Duke of Marlborough suggesting that the proposed meeting in the Albert Hall [London] be postponed until the Government has made some crucial decisions about India. Copy.

Letter from [WSC] to Major-General Sir Alfred Knox hoping that he is keeping his attention fixed on Russia and noting that Lord Lloyd [earlier Sir George Lloyd] has initiated a good debate in the House of Lords. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Sir Louis Stuart, joint secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC urging a strong governmental response to the threat posed to British and European business in Bombay [India] by the Hindu boycott.

Letter from Sir Louis Stuart, joint secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC enclosing printed material on the Indian situation [not present] and blaming the violence by the "Red Shirts" during the North West Frontier Province elections on the government's weakness.

Letter from Sir Louis Stuart, secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]) to the 9th Duke of Marlborough (7 Carlton House Terrace, [London]) explaining why it would be better to ask Sir Alfred Knox rather than Lord Peel [earlier William Peel] to represent the Society at the fortcoming fund-raising lunch at the Constitutional Club and referring to WSC making a speech there. Sent with CHAR 2/189/20.

Letter from the 9th Duke of Marlborough (7 Carlton House Terrace, [London]) to Sir Louis Stuart, secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]), arguing that Sir Alfred Knox would not attract enough people to the proposed fund-raising lunch at the Constitutional Club and that therefore, if WSC cannot attend, it had better be postponed. Carbon typescript copy sent with CHAR 2/189/20.

Letter from George Cornwallis West (8 Sterling Street, Knightsbridge, [London] to WSC expressing agreement with his views on India, enclosing CHAR 2/189/43 and asking WSC to write a letter about it.

Letter from George Jeffreys (Headquarters Southern Command, Poona, [India]) to WSC describing the attitude of various classes in India to the proposed reforms, approving the recent strong measures by government, describing the reaction to the indianisation of the army and the declining standard of living of British officers in India. Typescript copy. MS notes on reverse.

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].