Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 20 "Strategic Natural Selection" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, [George] Gordon Allen, 1st Lord Ismay, Sir Edward Marsh, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.

Typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 16 "Paris", annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin and Charles Wood.

First published in Collier's magazine, on the aftermath of World War II, the roles of France, the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union with regard to Europe, the United Nations, the need for a Council of Europe, and the atomic bomb.

Also includes: notes and annotations by WSC's secretaries "N S" [Jo Sturdee, later Lady Onslow] and "L M M" [Lettice Marston, later Lettice Shillingford]; letter and notes from Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] on the article.Other subjects include: the publication of the article in the Daily Telegraph.

Photographs of Clementine's tour on behalf of the Red Cross Aid to Russia Fund.

Briefing and arrangements for and notes on NK’s meeting with Gorbachev during his visit to London as leader of the Parliamentary Delegation from the Soviet Union. Subjects include the demilitarisation of space, reductions in strategic and nuclear weapons and human rights. Also includes press briefing and transcript of a Weekend World television broadcast on the visit.

Spare slides from visits by [Maurice] Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister [later 1st Lord Stockton] to the Soviet Union and United States and from the visit to Chequers [Buckinghamshire] by Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States. Includes: Macmillan's staff in Moscow, arrival at Leningrad airport, and departure from Moscow airport; Macmillan's departure from Washington airport; General Andrew Goodpaster [aide to Eisenhower] at Chequers.

Cuttings on FR's role as the Foreign Secretary's Special Envoy, in negotiations with the Soviet Union and the United States over the Berlin airlift. Also includes cuttings on FR's subsequent appointment as Deputy High Commissioner in India.

ITN news footage from NK’s visit to Moscow [Soviet Union].

Includes minutes of Cabinet meetings recording decisions on various subjects including: foreign affairs in the Soviet Union, Afghanistan, China, Sudan and India; currency in the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; the naval construction programme; reparations and affairs in Germany; unemployment; estimates for the fighting services; the Washington Hours convention; safeguarding industries; colonial affairs; Anglo American relations and arbitration treaties with the United States.

Includes minutes of Cabinet meetings recording decisions on various subjects including: measures to combat unemployment including emigration; a multi-lateral treaty with the United States; foreign affairs in Iraq, India, the Soviet Union, China, Egypt and Germany; the reduction and limitation of armaments; issues in Scotland including the slaughter of animals and the influx of emigrants from Ireland and issues in the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; and speeches by King George V.