Letter from Lord Wimborne [earlier Ivor Guest and Lord Ashby St Ledgers] to WSC referring to the speech of Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett on the grave war situation, denying that Bolshevik Russia has any claim on Britain, expressing confidence that German power is set off by English-speaking solidarity, urging WSC to his use his influence "in the direction of sane accommodation", and referring to the Convention in Ireland.

Letter from [WSC] to [Lord Curzon] on the inconsistency of Britain both feeding and fighting the Bolsheviks and on Curzon's support for the recognition of Alexander Kolchak. Typescript copy.

Letter from WSC (War Office) to [David Lloyd George] asking whether he should ignore a recent article in the Sunday Times claiming that he foresees the fall of Lloyd George and his own assumption of the leadership of a powerful "Central" party [see CHAR 2/105/55]. Believes that in the peace talks President Woodrow Wilson "having quarrelled with Italy will have to be extra-civil to the British Empire", and notes the good progress of Alexander Kolchak's cause in Russia. Copy.

Continuation of a detailed report to the secretary of the Admiralty by a member of the Royal Naval Air Service Armoured Car Division (Kozova, Austria) on the effects of the March revolution in Russia on Russian military discipline and support for the war, and the operations of the Armoured Car Division in Russia against Austrian and German forces, including details of casualties. Typescript copy.

Letter from Commander Oliver Locker-Lampson (48 Dover Street, [London]) to WSC enclosing a letter to Sir Edward Carson [later Lord Carson] stating the case for sending police forces composed of Allied troops to Russia [see CHAR 2/95/73-81].

Letter from WSC (War Office) to Lord Curzon enclosing a note from Sir Henry Wilson [not present] asking whether it is not possible to recognise Alexander Kolchak as "the Russian Government" without defining its actual territorial scope. Typescript copy.

Letter from Lord Curzon (1 Carlton House Terrace, [London]) to WSC reporting that the title "The Provisional Government of Siberia" is preferred to the Russian Government or the Russian National Government as the designation for Admiral Alexander Kolchak's regime.

Letter from Walter Long [later Lord Long] (Admiralty) to [WSC] thanking him for his testimonial to the services of Rear-Admiral Thomas Jackson and noting that there is evidence for the existence of "a concerted action amongst the extreme labour people against intervention in Russia.".

Letter from 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] (Benenden, Kent) to WSC: "I am not vexed with you personally but I am with your Russian policy. The latter is the devil." Annotated with WSC's reply that he does not mind political differences but would have been sorry if they had become personally estranged. Suggests they meet "when Russian affairs are no longer so tiresome.".

Letter from WSC (War Office) to General Jan Smuts thanking him for his support during the war, paying tribute to the recently deceased Louis Botha, and expressing confidence that he will resolve his "Russian troubles." Typescript copy.

Letter from Sir Abe Bailey (38 Bryanston Square, [London]) to WSC reporting that people have expressed disappointment with David Lloyd George's speech on Russia but have praised WSC's.

Letter from WSC (War Office) to Lord Curzon arguing that telegrams from Denmark [see CHAR 2/106/142 and CHAR 2/106/143] show that Maxim Litvinoff's "one object is to get an indefinite footing outside Soviet Russia and to open up questions wh go far beyond the limits of the negotiations wh you have authorised." Annotated with Curzon's reply: "1 am well aware of it & am keeping watch." Copy.

Telegram from James O'Grady (Copenhagen, [Denmark]) reporting that Maxim Litvinoff has stated that the British Government is the chief obstacle preventing the Soviet Government and the Baltic states from reaching an agreement, and asking whether a statement should be made denying this. Typescript copy.

Telegram from James O'Grady (Copenhagen, [Denmark]) reporting that Maxim Litvinoff has requested that a representative of the Soviet Government of Russia or of the Soviet Red Cross should be included in the Inter-Allied Commission dealing with the repatriation of Russian prisoners of war in Germany. Typescript copy.

Interview given by WSC to the Daily Chronicle on the Government's Russian policy.

Letter from Arthur Cummings, Political Editor, News Chronicle, to WSC, on meeting with Nicolas Mayorski, the newly arrived London correspondent of the Russian newspaper "Pravda". Stating that Mayorski was one of the "ablest, most interesting and broadly intelligent Bolshies" he had met, and that he was particularly interested in meeting WSC, to "tell him why the post-War interventionist policy in Russia failed", attaching Mayorski's business card.

Letter from [WSC] to Lord Balfour [earlier Arthur Balfour] on: British naval policy with regard to that of the United States; the hard work involved in finishing the volume of "The World Crisis" on the peace conferences; Maurice Hankey's vindication of Balfour against the "calumnies" of Ray Stannard Baker; WSC's wish to print a passage from one of Balfour's Cabinet papers which states British policy towards Russia at the end of the war. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Admiral Lord Charles Beresford (Great Cumberland Place, London) to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, account of visit to Russia, particularly visits to the Russian Admiralty, commenting on their decision to establish a War Staff after the Russo-Japanese War.

Statistics on changes in military and naval expenditure in Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Japan, 1904-1913. [Carbon].

Typescript transcript of a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India, to Grant Duff [Governor of Madras, India] informing him that Queen [Victoria] has appointed Arthur Collins as Chief Justice of Madras and commenting on difficulties posed by Russia to the administration of India in negotiations over the Afghan boundary.

Typescript transcript of a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India, to Grant Duff [Governor of Madras, India] in which he discusses relations with Russia including their activities in Central Asia , the annexation of Afghanistan and his own efforts to reach an agreement with Russia, despite feeling that such an agreement is impossible.

Draft letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (2 Connaught Place [London]) to the Editor of the Times in which he objects to comments made by [2nd] Lord Granville about his speech which discussed Russian affairs including the Russian advance into Central Asia and the arbitration of General Kauffmann. Annotated [by Lady Randolph Churchill].

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Auchnashellach [Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland] on the notepaper of the India Office) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including a description of his success at fishing; observations on the likelihood of a European war as a result of the actions of Russia and the illness of Cornelia [Lady Wimborne, earlier Cornelia Lady Guest and Lady Cornelia Churchill].