Letter from C Thornley [Private Secretary] (Colonial Office, Downing Street) to John Colville [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he has been in touch with V Lawford [Assistant Private Secretary] (Foreign Office) who will provide the Prime Minister with the information he requires on the Duke of Windsor's [earlier Edward VIII] plans. Signed.

Letter from John Colville [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to C Thornley [Private Secretary] (Colonial Office) marked "Personal and Top Secret" requesting that Colonel Oliver Stanley [Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs] in consultation with the Foreign Office makes enquiries to ensure conditions are suitable for the Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward VIII] to return to his villa in France. Initialled. Carbon copy.

Letter from WSC to HM Queen Elizabeth of the Belgians thanking her for her message and remembering World War I, ending: "As in the dark days of Antwerp [Belgium]". [Carbon copy].

Letter from [Baron] de Cartier [de Marchienne, Belgian Ambassador to Great Britain] (36 Belgrave Square, London) to WSC forwarding a letter from HM Queen Elizabeth of Belgium. [signed with manuscript annotations; annotated by WSC].

Letter from [HM Queen] Elizabeth [of Belgium] to WSC sending her admiration. [signed manuscript].

Telegram from Foreign Office to Brussels [Belgium] passing on a message from WSC to [Charles] Prince Regent of Belgium thanking him for his message and hoping for Belgium's "speedy recovery". [Carbon copy].

Draft telegram from WSC to [Charles] Prince Regent of Belgium thanking him for his message and hoping for Belgium's "speedy recovery".

Message from Charles [Prince Regent of Belgium] to WSC congratulating him on victory in Europe. [received on Belgian Embassy notepaper].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] with congratulations on his speech [to the Clyde Navigation Trustees, 9 February] on the Navy in Glasgow [Scotland]; Fisher comments on warship design and construction, advising strongly against announcing building programmes two years ahead, and building ships known to be obsolete; includes report of a press cutting from the Times on ship design. [Typescript copy; originals at CHAR 13/14/53-58].

Letter from Sir William Graham Greene [Secretary of the Admiralty] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the promotion of the Prince of Wales [later King Edward VIII and Edward, Duke of Windsor] to naval lieutenant, also on subjects for discussion at the forthcoming Board of Admiralty meeting.

Address by Rear-Admiral Reginald Bacon [Managing Director of the Coventry Ordnance Works] to the [Institute of Naval Architects] on battleship design, sent to WSC by Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher with covering note. [Typescript copy; see CHAR 13/21/105 for original note].

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] on the necessity for encouragement of the shipbuilding industry in Canada, particularly the construction of warships in Canadian shipyards.

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 3rd Sea Lord [? Rear-Admiral Archibald Moore] on the increase in spending on ammunition in the Naval Estimates. [Carbon].

Minute from Rear-Admiral Alexander Bethell, Director of Naval Intelligence, to WSC, on the naval construction programme, 1912-1919, necessary to maintain Britain's 60 per cent superiority over the German navy. [Carbon].

Letter from Engineer Lieutenant Charles Hawkes, Joint Secretary, Royal Commission on Fuel and Engines, to Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher, enclosing a report on a meeting with William Reavell, on the manufacture of internal combustion engines in Europe. [Typescript copy; see CHAR 13/14/155-159 for original].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [the Chancellor of the Exchequer, David Lloyd George] forecasting the Naval Estimates for 1913-14.

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven], 2nd Sea Lord [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], 3rd Sea Lord [? Rear-Admiral Archibald Moore] and Chief of Staff, Admiralty [Sir Henry Jackson], forecasting the Naval Estimates for 1913-14. [Carbon].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on oil fired battleships. [Typescript copy; see CHAR 13/15/49-51 for original].

Letter from John Seely [Secretary of State for War, later 1st Lord Mottistone] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on criticism of the Navy Estimates by Sir John Simon [Attorney-General].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the work of the Commission, particularly the possibility of distilling oil from coal. [Typescript copy; see CHAR 13/15/56-57 for original].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel], (Kilverstone Hall, Thetford, Norfolk) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the proposed oil-fired battleship "The Incomparable", which would be able to go around the earth without refuelling. [Typescript copy; see CHAR 13/15/58 for original].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], criticising the Admiralty's shipbuilding programme for failing to match Germany: Fisher advocates lightly armoured battle cruisers with 15 inch guns and also submarines. Fisher also mentions the harm done by Admiral Lord Charles Beresford and his "scare revelations" in Germany and the Navy's oil supply. [Typescript copy at CHAR 13/16/1-3].