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Letter from Charles F. Lawson to WSC, on support for the free trade movement in New Zealand.

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Letter from P.J. O'Regan, Member New Zealand General Assembly, to WSC, support for free trade campaign, listing probable effects of Chamberlain's reforms on N.Z. trade, enclosing cutting from the Wellington Evening News, 20 Oct 1902, with account of election meeting.

Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Sir Joseph Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand, stating that if there were further increases to the German Naval Building Programme, the Admiralty wished to transfer the battle cruiser HMS New Zealand from the China Station to the Home Fleet for service in the North Sea, and that if the New Zealand Government approved, the armoured cruiser Defence would be sent to the China Station, and HMS Zew Zealand would have a three month visit to the...

Scope and Contents Letter from Lewis Harcourt, Colonial Office, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, admitting the desirability of transferring the battle cruiser "New Zealand" from the China Station to the Home Fleet, for service in the Home Fleet, but requesting that the matter be brought before the Cabinet, because of opposition from the New Zealand Government, and possible adverse press publicity, with manuscript note by WSC, that he did not feel it worthwhile to start a long Cabinet discussion, and that...

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Letter from Sir William White [former Director of Naval Construction] (Cedarcroft, Putney Heath [London]) to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, suggesting meeting.

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Letter from 1st Lord Haldane (28 Queen Anne's Gate, [War Office]) to WSC, asking for details of Britain's shipbuilding programme, and a note of additional ships and money that would be required if the new German Naval Law was adopted, and asking if Britain could have any reasonable objections to the new German Squadron in full commission.

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Telegram from 2nd Lord Liverpool [earlier Arthur Savile-Foljambe], Governor of New Zealand, to the Secretary of State for the Colonies [Lewis Harcourt] asking if it was desirable to form a New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Includes copies of telegrams between the Colonial Office, [?] Rear-Admiral Arthur Leveson, Vice-Admiral Sir (Frederick) Doveton Sturdee, Chief of Staff, Prince Louis of Battenberg [later 1st Lord Milford Haven, 1st Sea Lord] and WSC. [Carbon].

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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand] on New Zealand's naval policy. [Printed].

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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and the Chief of Staff [Sir Henry Jackson], asking them to discuss New Zealand's naval policy with James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand]. [Typescript, initialled].

Scope and Contents Letter from Sir William Graham Greene [Secretary of the Admiralty] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], reporting a meeting between himself, the 2nd Sea Lord [Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe] and the Chairman of the Headmasters' Conference, on public school entry to the Navy. Greene also comments on a meeting with James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand], Prince Louis of Battenberg [1st Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and [?] Sir Henry Jackson [Chief of Staff, Admiralty] on...

Scope and Contents Letter from Sir William Graham Greene [Secretary of the Admiralty] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on subjects including: the post of Director of Naval Engineering and schemes for ship inspections; official procedure for meetings between WSC and Heads of Department; the Admiralty War Staff and the impracticality of transferring the War Office system to the Admiralty; New Zealand policy and a memorandum on the adequacy of New Zealand's coastal defences; and the Indian contribution to the...

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Admiralty memorandum on the naval position of New Zealand. [Printed].

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Letter from James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on New Zealand's naval policy. [Printed].

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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the naval defence of New Zealand. [Carbon copy].

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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand] on the naval defence of New Zealand.

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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand], on the naval defence of New Zealand. [Carbon copy].

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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the naval defence of New Zealand and Australia, including the British attitude to Japan. [Carbon copy].

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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and the Chief of Staff, Admiralty [Admiral Sir Henry Jackson], on the naval defence of New Zealand and the necessity of keeping in touch with James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand]. [Carbon copy].

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Telegram from 2nd Lord Liverpool [earlier Arthur Savile- Foljambe], Governor of New Zealand, to the Secretary of State for the Colonies [Lewis Harcourt] asking if it was desirable to form a New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Includes copies of telegrams between the Colonial Office, [?] Rear-Admiral Arthur Leveson, Vice-Admiral Sir (Frederick) Doveton Sturdee, Chief of Staff, Prince Louis of Battenberg [later 1st Lord Milford Haven, 1st Sea Lord], Admiral Henry Jackson and WSC. [Carbon].

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Minute by Admiral Sir Henry Jackson on the defence of a New Zealand troop convoy. [Carbon].

Scope and Contents Letter from Major-General Bernard Freyberg [General Officer Commanding New Zealand Forces] (written at sea) to WSC, regretting that he could not dine with WSC on 5th January, but had already left on his way back to New Zealand, and was now with the First Echelon 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, a day from Sydney [Australia]. Freyberg gives his impressions of New Zealand: in particular, they had not had a good response to the call for recruits, due to various causes, but he hoped that the...

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Telegram from the Government of New Zealand to WSC requesting fighter aircraft to meet the likely Japanese attack from 1 division, 2 aircraft carriers and other naval units and to protect the main ports of Auckland and Wellington; provision is being made for a network of RDF [radar] air warning stations, the development of an air observer corps, and of new aerodromes with runways suitable for heavy United States bombers.

Scope and Contents Telegram from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] to WSC: looks forward to receiving message from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Supreme Commander, South West Pacific] regarding "our man" [Admiral Thomas Hart, United States Admiral in the Pacific], and suggests the "Dutch man" [Vice-Admiral Conrad Helfrich, Commander-in- Chief, Netherlands Naval Forces in the East] as a replacement to command ABDA [Australian, British, Dutch and Australasian] naval forces; suggests...

Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt]: is enclosing message from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Supreme Commander, South West Pacific] of 29 [January]; comments on likely ABDA [Australian, British, Dutch and Australasian] command structure; comments on Roosevelt's telegram [see CHAR 20/69B/79-80]; thanks Roosevelt for his kindness, "I cannot tell you how sorry I was to leave the White House". Annotated: "not to be repeated to Lord Halifax" [British...

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Telegram from WSC to the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin]: quotes a telegram from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] regarding the political and military representation of Australia, New Zealand and Dutch East Indies [later Indonesia] [see CHAR 20/69B/79-80], and asks for comments.