Letter from [WSC] to W H Himbury of the British Cotton Growers Association expressing pleasure at the success of the Northern Nigerian Railway [Africa] and referring to his continued interest in the promotion of cotton growing within the British Empire. Typescript copy.

List of the consultative committee and special contributors to the proposed history of the Cape to Cairo railway and river route. Sent with CHAR 2/116/123-124.

Letter from [WSC] as president of the Early Closing Association (34-40 Ludgate Hill, London) to the press approving the extension of Christmas holidays for shop workers and appealing to the public to do their Christmas shopping as early as possible and to the railways to provide cheap and extensive services for the holiday period. Draft by Captain Albert Larking [secretary of the Association] amended by WSC. Sent with CHAR 2/118/39].

Letter from Lord Ashfield [earlier Albert Stanley] (Electric Railway House, Broadway, Westminster, London) to WSC enclosing a copy of proposals of the City and South London Railway Company, the London Electric Railway Company and the Cental London Railway Company for various improvements to their lines [see CHAR 2/118/49-53].

Letter from Lord Ashfield [earlier Albert Stanley] (Electric Railway House, Broadway, Westminster, [London]) to the Trade Facilities Act Advisory Committee setting forth proposals by the City and South London Railway Company, the London Electric Railway Company and the Central London Railway Company for improvements to their lines, which will alleviate unemployment. Typescript copy sent with CHAR 2/118/47.

Extract from the "Times trade and engineering supplement" on railway modernisation.

Introduction by General Jan Smuts to the history of the Cape to Cairo railway and river route [Africa]. Sent with CHAR 2/124B/121.

Introductory note to the history of the Cape to Cairo railway and river route [Africa]. Draft written in WSC's name by C W Hobley and sent with CHAR 2/124B/129 for WSC's approval.

Notes from [Edward Marsh] to [WSC] asking whether WSC is prepared to write anything for Leo Weinthal's history of the Cape to Cairo railway and river route [Africa] and whether he agrees to let Weinthal publish a passage from "My African Journey" and reproduce his pictures of Egypt. Annotated by WSC that he will not write anything and that he agrees to the publication of the passage but not to the reproduction of the pictures.

Letter from [Edward Marsh] to Kenneth Lyon enclosing a letter [not present] from an ex-official of the Ministry of Munitions who has invented a lorry which does not need oil, which he thinks will save the War Office thousands of pounds. Carbon copy.

Letter from Kenneth Lyon (War Office) to Edward Marsh returning CHAR 2/125/3-4, CHAR 2/125/5 and CHAR 2/125/6 and describing experiments with gas-propelled vehicles.

Letter from Ernest Orr (19 Queen Victoria Street, London) to WSC (2 Sussex Square) enclosing CHAR 2/125/5 and asking to see him about a gas-driven lorry he has developed.

Leaflet issued by Producer Gas Plants Ltd advertising their equipment for the driving of vehicles by gas.

Letter from Edward Marsh to Ernest Orr reporting that WSC has communicated Orr's letter [on gas-driven vehicles] to the War Office and has received a memorandum in reply. Carbon copy.

Letter from Major E Booth (British Expeditionary Force) to WSC endorsing his remarks [in his speech in the House of Commons on the supplementary vote of credit] on the rifle and ration strength of army battalions and advocating a reduction in the strength of the ASC and an examination of the question of horse and car transport in the Army.

Letter from Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon] (Fallodon, Christon Bank, Northumberland] to WSC on negotiations relating to the Baghdad Railway [Iraq] and Professor Sieper and the German government.

Letter from H Hesketh Bell, governor of Northern Nigeria (Government House, Northern Nigeria, [Africa]) to WSC expressing the view that Northern Nigeria has less potential for development than Uganda and that its capacity for cotton-growing has been exaggerated. Reports good progress with the building of the railway line there. Congratulates WSC [on his appointment as Home Secretary].

Pamphlet: Particulars concerning the Bachelet Railway Company Sent with CHAR 2/65/30.

Old file cover: "Norway" and "Operation Paul" [mining of Scandinavian shipping channels to prevent ore being exported to Germany].

Telegram from WSC to Premier Stalin regarding the effect of the war in the Far East on the Levant-Caspian front: details troop withdrawals and diversions; comments on the problems caused by shipping scarcity; refers to maintenance of supplies for the Soviet Union and the improved naval situation in the Atlantic. Crossed through in red and marked: "cancelled".

Memorandum regarding Allied co-ordination of civil air transport resources sent by WSC to Harry Hopkins [Special adviser and assistant to the President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt, see CHAR 20/71A/15 for covering letter]: describes machinery for controlling British air transport; suggests formation of a Civil Air Transport Adjustment Board.

Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] requesting American assistance in the shipping of troops, imports and equipment: includes details of proposed troop movements and analysis of the situation with regard to imports.

Correspondence between Francis Brown [Private Secretary to WSC], A V Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, WSC and 1st Lord Leathers [Minister of War Transport] on absence of a sleeper carriage for Alexander on a train.