Note from John Peck [Assistant Private Secretary to WSC] to WSC with the opinion of 1st Lord Lloyd [Secretary of State for the Colonies] that the Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] should be humoured or he might "break" with the government; Lord Lascelles [later 7th Lord Harewood] and Sir Walter Monckton advise he be "treated as a petulant baby"; annotated by Peck that WSC would not alter his decision.

Telegram from WSC to the Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] informing him that he will depart on 1st August by American export vessel for Bermuda and thence on the Canadian ship "Lady Somers" to Nassau [Bahamas], accompanied by his party including his servant Alastair Fletcher; "His Majesty's Government cannot agree to your Royal Highness landing in the United States at this juncture" [Draft annotated by WSC, with copy].

Telegram from the Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] to WSC agreeing to the arrangements and "seeking confirmation that it is not to be policy of his Majesty's Government that I should not set foot on American [United States] soil during my term of office in the Bahamas". [Copy].

Telegram from WSC to the Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] suggesting that he should travel as planned on 1st August; regarding a future trip to the United States, refers to the standing Royal Instructions to Colonial Governors which require the Governor to discuss any vacation from the Colony with the Secretary of State for the Colonies [1st Lord Lloyd]. [Copy].

Letter from the Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] to WSC: "I naturally do not consider my appointment as one of first class importance"; remarks on King George VI and Queen Elizabeth not wishing "to bring family differences to an end"; expresses intention to visit the United States, Canada and adjacent islands when possible; "I shall bear your word of counsel in mind". [Typescript, signed].

Telegram from Sir Walter Monckton to 1st Lord Lloyd [Secretary of State for the Colonies] requesting a detective to be sent to accompany the Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] and Wallis, Duchess of Windsor [earlier Wallis Simpson] on their voyage to Bermuda; [copy] annotated by WSC to action and get further report from Monckton on return; includes filing note.

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher (Grand Hotel National, Lucerne [Switzerland]), to WSC, on naval gunnery and warship design, advocating "size and subdivision" against the "torpedo bogey". [Typescript copy at CHAR 13/2/112-113].

Letter from Sir Marcus Samuel [later 1st Lord Bearsted] to Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher on the use of the internal combustion engine by the Royal Navy, with press cutting from the Evening Standard on the German plans for a 14,000 ton liner propelled by motor engines.

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher (Grand Hotel National, Lucerne, [Switzerland]) to WSC, advocating the need for speed in warships, suggesting that he order a 30 knot battleship with eight 13.5 inch guns for 1.995 million pounds, to be delivered in two years ready for fighting. [Typescript copy at CHAR 13/2/124-126].

Statement by WSC on the Naval Estimates for 1914-15. [Carbon copy].

Statement by WSC on the Naval Estimates for 1913-14. [Carbon].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on the "remarkable" extent to which Admiralty finance was governed by earlier decisions, citing decisions by WSC's predecessor [Reginald McKenna] to build 16 super-Dreadnoughts, strengthen battleship armament and construct 4 new flotillas. [Carbon].

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].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC, on Naval representation on the Committee of Imperial Defence, senior Naval appointments and warship design. [Typescript copy of CHAR 13/2/51-52].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC, advocating the need for speed in warships, suggesting that he order a 30 knot battleship with eight 13.5 inch guns for 1.995 million pounds, to be delivered in two years ready for fighting [typescript copy of CHAR 13/2/61-66].

Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Tom Bridges (Ritz Hotel, Piccadilly, London) to WSC justifying the recent offensives on the Western Front and stating that tanks will have to be made faster before complete confidence can be placed in them. Thinks the idea of body shields contains "the germs of salvation".

Account by WSC of the development by the Admiralty of the "caterpillar" [or tank]. Typescript copy.