Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Woolton [Minister of Food, earlier Frederick Marquis] on new regulations concerning rationing with a penalty of imprisonment for mixing foodstuffs such as meat and fish.

Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Woolton [Minister of Food, earlier Frederick Marquis] on regulation of foodstuffs; asks him to consult the Cabinet before embarking on any new schemes.

Minute from Robert Hudson [Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries], and 1st Lord Woolton [Minister of Food, earlier Frederick Marquis] on the provision of a sugar ration for bees.

Minute from WSC to the Minister of Agriculture [Robert Hudson] and the Minister of Food [1st Lord Woolton, earlier Frederick Marquis] on the discontinuance of the sugar ration to domestic bee keepers, demanding to know the saving in "starving the bees of private owners". [Carbon].

Letter from WSC to Lieutenant-General Henry Arnold [Commanding-General, United States Army Air Forces] thanking him for the gift of a crate of oranges.

Letter from WSC to Baron Emile de Cartier de Marchienne [Belgian Ambassador to Britain] declining to break the blockade of Belgium to supply vitamins and milk for children and pregnant women.

Letter from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] with major points of joint strategy: expansion of shipping convoys against U-boat attack; increase of food imports in 1943; more American troops to Britain; increasing bombing, night bombing and using aircraft against U-boats.

Letter from WSC to [?] Slobodan Jovanovitch [Slobodan Jovanovic, Yugoslav Vice-Premier and Minister of Justice] declining to break the blockade of Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia] to supply food for the inhabitants.

Letter from WSC to Baron Emile de Cartier de Marchienne [Belgian Ambassador to Britain] regretting that breaching the blockade of Belgium to supply vitamins and milk cannot be considered.

Menu, guest list of 32 and seating plan for official luncheon onboard the Prince of Wales; diners included: WSC, President [Franklin Roosevelt], Admiral Ernest King (Commander-in-Chief, US Atlantic Fleet), Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound (1st Sea Lord) and General George Marshall (US Chief of Staff). [accompanied by later note].

Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Woolton [Minister of Food, earlier Frederick Marquis] advising that he postpone rationing of sweets and chocolate until they can be brought into the Points Scheme.

Letter from John Beresford (Ministry of Food) to Edward Marsh (War Office) enclosing figures showing the comparative consumption of various staple foods in 1913 and 1919 [see CHAR 2/112/143].

Figures showing the comparative consumption of various staple foods in 1913 and 1919. Sent with CHAR 2/112/142.

Letter from [WSC] to Charles McCurdy asking whether it is true that large quantities of tea are being left at the docks because dealers do not wish to reduce the value of the stocks they hold. Typescript copy.

Letter from Charles McCurdy (Ministry of Food) to WSC (War Office) explaining the current operation of the tea market, over which the Government has relinquished control.

Letter from WSC to David Lloyd George acknowledging the complaints he made in his letter; refers to the loyalty he owes to [Neville] Chamberlain after his kindness and help; assures Lloyd George that his plans for the organisation of food supplies were only set aside after he declined to join the administration.

Letter from David Lloyd George to WSC thanking him for the invitation to join the War Cabinet, but refusing to accept until the offer is not qualified by [Neville] Chamberlain's personal feelings; adds that his proposals for intensive food production have been ignored. [signed typescript].