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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the rise in Naval Estimates, which were largely due to the increased power of the four capital ships designed under the 1912-13 programme. [Carbon].

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Statement by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on naval construction 1906-14. [Carbon].

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Minute from WSC to the Director of the Operations Division, Admiralty, correcting his statement that Britain follows a standard of 100 per cent superiority over Germany in destroyers; WSC states that the figure is closer to 60 per cent. [Carbon].

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Minute [by WSC] on requirements for 50 per cent naval superiority over Germany. [Carbon].

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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the future building programme for destroyers, light cruisers and submarines. [Carbon].

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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the decision of the Committee of Imperial Defence that Britain should maintain a fleet in the Mediterranean capable of meeting the next strongest power excluding France. [Carbon].

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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] with a forecast for the Battle Fleet of 1920. [Carbon copy].

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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 2nd Sea Lord [Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], with a forecast for the Battle Fleet of 1920. [Carbon copy].

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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], with a comparison of British and German naval expenditure and construction, 1908-15. [Carbon copy, with hand-written annotations by WSC].

Scope and Contents Summary of events including: attempted landing at Dakar by General [Charles] de Gaulle; U boat activity in the North Atlantic and shipping losses; operations by German raiders; information about the disposition of German and Italian troops; events in Greece, Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia], Bulgaria, the Mediterranean and the Middle East; air attacks on Germany (including Berlin) and on invasion ports in France and...

Scope and Contents Printed copy of a letter from WSC to President Roosevelt setting out the prospects for 1941 covering various subjects including: shared interests between Great Britain and the United States; the importance of sea and air power against Germany; reassurance about not requesting a large expeditionary army from the United States; the crucial importance of shipping to feed people and transport munitions and armies; shipping losses; battleship strength; the dangers posed by the Vichy French...