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.

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.

Pamphlet on Russia in the war issued by the Committee of Military History and Statistics.

Cutting from the Daily Mail: editorial praising the Russian army.

Letter from William Royle (Elmwood, Rusholme, [Manchester]) to WSC reporting dissatisfaction among Liberal ranks with the Government's hostile attitude towards Germany and its subservient policy towards Russia with regard to Persia [Iran].

Letter from WSC (Admiralty) to William Royle citing the growth of German naval power as the reason why Britain should not antagonise Russia in Persia [Iran]. Warns that France may be forced into war with Germany to avoid national humiliation, but hopes that the rise of democratic forces in Germany and the recovery of Russia after her disasters in Manchuria [China] will lessen the threat of German aggression. Signed and annotated typescript copy.

Letter from Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon] (Foreign Office) to WSC returning a draft [?of a letter by WSC defending the Government's foreign policy; see CHAR 2/53/86-87], agreeing with the point about German naval expenditure and asserting that the Manchester Guardian and others have incorrectly assessed the increase in Britain's political responsibility in northern Persia [Iran] following the Anglo-Russian agreement.

Letter from Peter Pollen, War Office, to WSC, giving details of military and naval expenditure in Russia, France, Germany and Italy.

Letter from Muriel Wilson [later Muriel Warde] to WSC, asking him to postpone his visit to Tranby Croft, Hull, and commenting on events in Russia.

Letter from Charles, Duke of Marlborough to [ ], on his visit to Russia, including account of Court Ball and meeting with the Tsar.

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Oriental Palace Hotel, Yokohama, Japan, to WSC, on the Russian-Japanese war.

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, British Legation Tokyo, Japan, to WSC, on the Russian-Japanese war.