Letter from Sir Michael O'Dwyer (26 Brechin Place, [London]) to WSC discussing the need to counteract the pressure put upon rank and file Conservatives to accept Government policy on India and criticising the conciliatory attitude to Congress of Lord Sankey [earlier Sir John Sankey].

Letter from [WSC] to Sir Michael O'Dwyer hoping that he [WSC] will be well enough to refer to India in the debate on the address. Carbon typescript copy.

Cutting from the "Times": letter from A H Ghuznavi on the unease of the orthodox Hindu group the All-India Varnashrama Swarajya about the direction in which Congress agitation is taking India. Sent at the request of Waris Ameer Ali.

Letter from Sir Patrick Fagan (Indian Empire Society, 28 Alfred Place, London) to [Violet Pearman] on the Indian orthodox Hindu body the All-India Varnashrama Swarajya [see CHAR 2/189/120, 122-123].

Cutting from the "Times": report of a memorandum presented to the Viceroy by the orthodox Hindu society the All-India Varnashrama Swarajya asserting that western democracy is unsuited to Indian traditions. Sent with CHAR 2/189/124.

Letter from W R Draper (57 Queen Square, Bristol) to WSC asking whether the Viceroy refused to include a delegate from [the orthodox Hindu society the All-India Varnashrama Swarajya] in the Round Table Conference.

Letter from Waris Ameer Ali (Indian Empire Society, 28 Alfred Place, London) to WSC criticising the co-option of members of the Indian legislatures onto the joint committee on the India Bill and attributing the arbitrary action of the government of Persia [later Iran] towards the Anglo-Persian Oil Company to British weakness in India.

Letter from [WSC] to Waris Ameer Ali promising to see whether he can renew the question of Sir Charles Oman in the House of Commons [on the co-option of members of the Indian legislatures onto the joint select committee on the India Bill] and agreeing with Ali [about the arbitrary action of the government of Persia (later Iran) against the Anglo-Person Oil Company]. Carbon typescript copy.

Statement received by telephone from Lord Lloyd [earlier Sir George Lloyd] that if members of the House of Lords vote in favour of the Government's white paper on India they will not be committing themselves to any particular scheme of reform. Another copy at CHAR 2/189/131.

Another copy of CHAR 2/189/130.

Letter from Waris Ameer Ali (36 Alexandra Court, Queen's Gate, [London]) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/189/133 and arguing that the demand for constitutional reform in India comes from a small group of urban politicians and that transferring the courts and police to them will lead to Britain losing India altogether unless it quadruples the size of its army there.

House of Commons question by Sir Charles Oman on whether it is proposed to co-opt members of the Indian legislature onto the Joint Committee on Indian Constitutional Proposals, with answer that the question is still under consideration. Sent with CHAR 2/189/132.

Letter from Waris Ameer Ali (Indian Empire Society, 28 Alfred Place, London) to WSC on the need to for a strong response to the demands for concessions by the "Hindu-Liberal" delegates at the Round Table Conference.

Letter from [WSC] to Waris Ameer Ali advising that they should wait for the Government's definite proposition [about India]. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from [WSC] to the secretary of the Indian Empire Society [Sir Louis Stuart] advising against the writing by electors of standard letters [on India] to MPs because it would bring the cause into disrepute. Carbon typescript copy.

Cutting from the "Morning Post": article illustrating the problem of the defence of India by comparing its population and area to that of Europe.

"Note on the importance of fair-dealing with the Moslems of India in connection with the so-called minorities problem.".

Letter from Robert Perkins (House of Commons) to WSC encouraging him to talk about India at a meeting in Perkins' constituency [Mid-Gloucestershire].

Letter from C H R Barnes, agent and secretary of the Mid-Gloucestershire Conservative and Unionist Association (Holloway Institute, Stroud, Gloucestershire) to WSC conveying the resolution of his Association criticising "the proposal to inaugurate an Indian Government on Western democratic lines." Sent with CHAR 2/191/3.

Letter from N Leslie Boyce (House of Commons) to WSC hoping that he will address the fete being held by the Gloucester and Mid-Gloucestershire Conservative Associations and that he will give "a vigorous lead", especially on India.

Letter from Robert Perkins MP (House of Commons) to WSC thanking him for coming to speak in Gloucestershire and asserting that Indian policy should be started again from the Simon Report.

Letter from [WSC] to Robert Perkins MP accepting the invitation to address the fete of the Gloucester and Mid-Gloucestershire Conservative Associations now that he is aware that they share his opinions on India and will not mind him expressing them. Carbon typescript copy.

Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander- in-Chief India] to WSC marked "most secret" regarding the situation in India: comments on estimates for the arrival of reinforcements; assesses principal dangers for the next two months; comments on problems of railway movement; promises to telegraph separately on the defences of Ceylon [later Sri Lanka]; states that all operations will depend mainly on the strength of air force that can be provided.