Letter from the Private Secretary to WSC, to R M Downie, thanks for letter of support on India [carbon].

Letter from R M Downie, Hall Street, Manchester, (Member India Section, Manchester Chamber of Commerce) to WSC, on decision of the Committee of Privileges on allegations of suppression of the Chamber's evidence to Joint Select Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform.

Letter from Henry Lygon to WSC, on decision of the Committee of Privileges on allegations of suppression of the Chamber's evidence to Joint Select Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform.

Letter from WSC to Henry Lygon, thanks for letter of support on Report of Committee of Privileges [copy].

Letter from John Morris MP to WSC, stating that if called in the House of Commons debate [on the Report of the Committee of Privileges on allegations of suppression of evidence to the Joint Select Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform] he would make "certain observations which may be regarded as a personal attack upon you".

Letter from Hugh Orr-Ewing, India Defence League, to WSC, on arrangements for meeting in Manchester on 26 June.

Letter from Sydney Wilkes, Secretary, Cotton Trade League to WSC, on report of Committee of Privileges into allegations of suppression of evidence to Joint Select Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform.

Letter from Lord Irwin [earlier Edward Wood, later Lord Halifax] (Viceregal Lodge, Delhi, [India]) reporting that he has talked with Professor Frederick Lindemann [later Lord Cherwell], looking forward to the general election, expressing relief that Sir Francis Humphrys has left Kabul [Afghanistan], assessing the prospects in that country of Nadir Khan Shah and Amanullah Khan, and commenting on the Indian political situation.

Pamphlet: "A memorable speech". Text of a speech by Stanley Baldwin [later Lord Baldwin] in the House of Commons on dominion status for India.

Translation from "Pravda": proclamation by the executive committee of the Communist International exhorting revolutionaries in India to throw off British rule. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from [WSC] to [Sir Abe Bailey] expressing no confidence in a policy of "trust Irwin and tax food", asserting that India could become the most important issue in British politics and commenting on the Bromley by election [Kent]. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Sir Abe Bailey (Serlby Hall, Bawtry, Yorkshire) to WSC disagreeing with him over India, describing Mahatma Gandhi as "a wonder", and expressing trust in Lord Irwin [earlier Edward Wood, later Lord Halifax].

Letter from [WSC] to [Sir Abe Bailey] on the pictures of statesmen [which Bailey gave to the National Portrait Gallery] and WSC's intention to persist with his views on India, despite the abuse he is receiving for his latest speech. Carbon typescript copy.

Press statement by WSC describing how the BBC have continually postponed his chance to broadcast on India, criticising the BBC's decision that the speakers giving the autumn series of political broadcasts will not be allowed to refer to India and asserting that there is a concerted attempt to promote the Government's policy and to suppress its critics. Annotated typescript draft. Carbon copies at CHAR 2/198/47-52 and CHAR 2/198/73-108.

Carbon copy of CHAR 2/198/41-46.

Cutting from the Times: letter to the editor from John Perronet Thompson (Union of Britain and India, 15-16 Caxton House (East), Tothill Street, [London]) asserting that Parliament has agreed to the proposals for Indian constitutional reform which are now before the Joint Select Committee.

Cutting from the Times: letter to the editor from Joseph Gurney Braithwaite [MP for the Hillsborough Division of Sheffield, Yorkshire] and Alan Todd [MP for the Kingswinford Division of Staffordshire] stating that although they disagree with WSC's stance on India they believe that he should be given the chance to broadcast his opinions.

Letter from John Whitley [chairman of the BBC] (Broadcasting House, London) to WSC explaining that if the BBC had added WSC to the list of independent speakers invited to give political broadcasts several other names would have to be added as well and arguing that the invitation to WSC to give a talk in the "Whither Britain?" series and to broadcast on India after the Joint Select Committee have reported shows that the BBC are not deliberately excluding him.

Letter from [WSC] to John Whitley [chairman of the BBC] expressing distress that they have are estranged over the broadcasting issue repeating his regret that he has been denied the chance to broadcast on India. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from John Whitley [chairman of the BBC] (Broadcasting House, London) to WSC expressing admiration for his public services, explaining that the BBC's Parliamentary Advisory Committee believed that it would be undesirable for broadcasts on India to be given before or during the sitting of the Joint Select Committee and outlining the aim of the "Whither England?" series of broadcasts.

6 sets of duplicates for CHAR 2/198/41-46. Carbon copies.

Letter from Hugh Orr-Ewing, Chief Organiser, India Defence League, to WSC, enclosing copy of memorandum by Harold Robinson, on Report of the Committee of Privileges into allegations of suppression of evidence of Manchester Chamber of Commerce to the Joint Select Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform.

Letter from C J A Gregg, Chipperfield, Herts to WSC, on his conviction that undue pressure had been brought to bear on Manchester Chamber of Commerce to change their evidence to the Joint Select Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform, enclosing his correspondence with the Chamber of Commerce on the subject.