Memorandum by Rene Leon on "Britain and the United States: The Urgency of Conciliating Their Opposed Monetary Concepts". [Covering letter CHAR 2/236/16].

Memorandum by Rene Leon (40 Wall Street, New York [United States]) on "Silver and the Yen: Their Influence on the American Economy". [Covering letter CHAR 2/236/16].

Memorandum by Robert Boothby (Chase, Henderson and Tennant, 56-60 New Broad Street, London) on politics and economics in the United States. Printed. [Covering letters CHAR 2/236/20 and CHAR 2/236/21].

Letter from Marshall Davis Hogan (Boonton, New Jersey and Dover, New Jersey [United States]) to WSC in which he says he enjoyed and appreciated WSC's broadcast to the United States and hopes WSC will be able to "awaken our peoples to arm themselves against brute force." Signed manuscript.

Letter from Oswald Veblen (58 Battle Road, Princeton, New Jersey [United States]) to WSC in response to WSC's broadcast to the United States. He says that he agrees that "decent people everywhere should unite" against [Nazi Germany] but feels that many Americans do not have faith in the present British government because they have not opposed fascism and the outrages in Manchuria [part of China], Ethiopia, Spain and Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia]. Signed manuscript.

Letter from W D Anthony (Registrar, Potomac State School of West Virginia University, United States) to WSC thanking him for his broadcast to the United States; wishing that Britain and France had acted to prevent Hitler acquiring "such formidable power"; commenting on the failure of President Woodrow Wilson's policy of a "peace without victory" [at Versailles]; and expressing good wishes for WSC. Signed typescript.

Letter from John Hemingway [United States] enclosing a press cutting (see CHAR 2/609A/2a) on anti-British sentiment in the United States and the need for Britain to pay her debts and the low opinion of the Churchills held by those who have read Thackery. Signed typescript. Includes a cutting from an American newspaper of an article by George Rothwell Brown on resentment at WSC's broadcast to the United States.

Letter from George E Bailey (New York [United States]) to WSC in response to WSC's broadcast to the United States. He says that he would not like the US to play a part in another European war, since Americans are still paying taxes to make up for unpaid loans, and feels that Great Britain should have prevented the German occupation of the Rhineland to prevent the Dictator [Adolf Hitler] becoming so powerful. Signed manuscript.

Speech notes for WSC's statement for the 2nd reading of the Gold Standard Bill, on the proposed Labour amendment, the timing of the return to the Gold Standard, the view of John Maynard Keynes, reasons for the return, the role of the United States, and the effect on interest rates.Typescript speaking notes laid out in "psalm style" annotated in manuscript by WSC. Filing envelope present.

Speaking notes for WSC's speech (University of Harvard, United States) on receiving an honorary degree and on Anglo-American unity including the success of joint operations and also on his interest in Basic English which he shares with President Roosevelt, including the phrase "The empires of the future are the empires of the mind". Typescript draft speaking notes heavily annotated with changes by WSC in red ink. First page on White House headed paper.

Copy of a letter from WSC to [Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States] marked "private and secret" in which he discusses his need to do his duty; explains that he is not seeking a "dramatic exit" but feels that East-West liaison through Foreign Offices will not produce a decisive result; and explains the reasons for his belief that there should be a summit meeting between himself, [Eisenhower], and the new leaders of the Soviet Union. Unsigned typescript.

Copy of a telegram from WSC to Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States, with a draft of a proposed personal message from WSC to [Vyacheslav] Molotov [Soviet Foreign Minister] suggesting that he visits Moscow, because of the illness of [Anthony] Eden [later 1st Lord Avon], in order to "restore an easy and friendly basis" between the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Carbon typescript.

Telegram from WSC to Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States, marked "personal and private" on the improvement in the Soviet "mood" and the need for continued vigilance and defensive rearmament; explaining that the British Ambassador to the Soviet Union [Sir William Hayter] has been instructed to settle minor points with the Soviets; and the need for close co-operation. Typescript.

Copy of a letter from "Ike" [Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States] (The White House, Washington) to WSC marked "top secret" thanking him for his comments on his speech. He feels that they should not rush the next step with the Soviet Union and should delay seeking a Four Power summit or personal contact, although he asks for as much notice as possible should WSC seek personal contact "for some special and local reason." Typescript.

Copy of a letter from "Ike" [Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States] (The White House, Washington} to WSC marked "personal" expressing pleasure at WSC's good health; commenting on outbursts by [Vyacheslav] Molotov [Soviet Union Foreign Minister]; the importance of unity between free nations; and future history and legacy of leaders. Typescript.