Letter from Sir Frederick Milner (11 Hereford Gardens, London) to WSC expressing the hope that he will admit that he was wrong to bring the King [George V] into the controversy over Home Rule and that the Government will exclude Ulster from that measure.

Letter from Sir Frederick Milner (11 Hereford Gardens, [London]) to WSC asking whether he agrees to the publication of Milner's letter to him [denying WSC's claim that the opponents of Home Rule are seeking to enlist the royal prerogative to defeat it]. Annotated by WSC with the reply that for the purposes of publication it would be better to cast the arguments of the letter into a different form, 17 Oct.

Letter from T P O'Connor (5 Morpeth Mansions, Victoria Street, [London]) to WSC on the opposition to the proposal for the separation of Ulster from the rest of Ireland and the decline in the support in Ulster for Sir Edward Carson [later Lord Carson]. Signed typescript.

Letter from Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon] (Foreign Office) to WSC admitting that he summed up more decidedly than he had intended [in a speech in Berwick, Northumberland] against the exclusion of Ulster [from the Home Rule Bill].

Letter from J L Garvin (The Pall Mall Gazette, Editorial Offices, Newton Street, High Holborn, [London]) to WSC stating his position on Ireland and praising the latter part of WSC's recent speech in Dundee [Angus, Scotland]`.

Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]) to WSC stating that astrological conditions are inauspicious for a settlement [in Ireland] but that they will improve.

Letter from Edward Grigg [later Lord Altrincham] (The Round Table, 175 Piccadilly, London] enclosing part of an article by him [not present] on the Irish question which he intends to publish in the Round Table and asking for WSC' s comments. Thanks him for the trip on the "Enchantress" and asks whether WSC can write an article on the Naval Flying Wing.

Letter from Lord Morley [earlier John Morley] (Privy Council Office) to WSC on a letter by Austen Chamberlain on Home Rule.

Letter from J L Garvin (9 Greville Place, [London]) to WSC asking whether WSC can supply definite information which would enable Garvin to assure William Astor [later Lord Astor] that his newspapers are on sound ground in taking a moderate line [?on Home Rule].

Letter from J L Garvin (the Pall Mall Gazette, editorial offices, Newton Street, High Holborn, [London]) to WSC acknowledging that WSC is unable to give extra information [?on the Government's approach to Home Rule] and asking whether, in view of the objections of a large part of the Liberal party to WSC's conversations with his moderate opponents, his meeting with Garvin should be postponed.

Letter from [WSC] to [?] casting doubt on the assertion of Sir Edward Carson [later Lord Carson] that he [Carson] resigned from the National Liberal Club as a result of the introduction of the Home Rule Bill of 1886. Draft in the hand of Edward Marsh.

Lette from Lord Carson [earlier Sir Edward Carson] (5 Eaton Place, [London]) to WSC praising the passages on India and Ireland in WSC's speech [at the 25th anniversary meeting of the Anti-Socialist and Anti-Communist Union] and asserting that "the Conservative party are duped over India".

Letter from Edward Marsh, PS to J H Thomas, Dominions Office, to WSC, sending note on the financial arrangements between the United Kingdom and the Irish Free State [later Ireland] Governments.

Letter from Sir James Cosgrave (Stormont Castle, Belfast, Ulster, [Ireland]) to WSC on the electoral success of the Unionists in Ulster.

Cutting from the Star: editorial criticising WSC's views on India and comparing them to those he held on Ireland. Sent with CHAR 2/180A/94-95.

Letter from Sir Reginald Craddock (Whitehall Court, [London]) to [? Violet Pearman, Private Secretary to WSC] regretting that A K Fazl ul Haq has left for India and therefore he cannot have an interview with WSC, enclosing CHAR 2/180A/93 and comparing the situation in India with that in Ireland, and recommending his book "The dilemma of India".

Notes on the financial dispute between the United Kingdom and the Irish Free State [later Ireland].

Telegram from Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] to WSC stating that the Australian Government are willing to accept Eire's omission from the Conference at Ottawa [Canada] on Civil Aviation.

Telegram from Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC marked "Secret" supporting Eire's omission from the Conference at Ottawa [Canada] on Civil Aviation and suggesting that the best policy towards Eire and such matters is to wait until the war is over and Eire has clarified its position in relation to the Commonwealth.

Telegram from Prime Minister of New Zealand [Peter Fraser] to WSC marked "Secret and Personal" stating that although he is not convinced by the arguments WSC advanced [see CHAR 20/172/73], he does not wish to make any further comments on the omission of Eire from the Conference at Ottawa [Canada] on Civil Aviation.

Letter from Sir Shane Leslie [Cousin to WSC] (Glaslough, County Monaghan, [Eire]) to Desmond [? Desmond Morton, Personal Assistant to WSC] suggesting that WSC and CSC might want to see his daughter Anita who has been in Alsace [France] all winter and has the Croix de Guerre and the Maquis medal: "Anita arrived here on Friday and neutrality was horribly infringed by playing bands and cheering crowds!". With annotation by ?WSC referring matter to CSC.

Cuttting from The Belfast News-Letter Jubilee Supplement "Ireland During the King's Reign".

Letter from C B Lochner (United Service Club, Pall Mall [London]) to WSC, explaining that he has taken part in a series of unofficial talks with Eamon De Valera [President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State, later Ireland] and other politicians, and was glad to hear WSC suggest a special day for discussing the Irish situation. He encloses papers from his own private files [not present] which he thinks might be of interest. Manuscript.