Letter from Alfred Townsend, Editor of Export, to WSC on the role of Export as journal of the Institute of Export and requesting permission to quote from WSC's 1930 Romanes Lecture ["Parliamentary Government and the Economic Problem", 19 June 1930] following up on an article on the Atlantic Charter in Export [June 1942; copy enclosed]; also includes reply by John Peck [Assistant Private Secretary to WSC].

Letter from H Freeman Matthews [Counsellor, United States Embassy in London] to WSC reciting the text of a telegram from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] to WSC regarding the Lend-Lease Agreement: states that Britain is not being asked to trade the principle of Imperial preference, but wants nothing to be excluded from discussions on post-war economic policy.

Letter from WSC (Home Office) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: the strengthened position of the Government due to the passage of the Budget through the House of Commons; the impressive position of the British economy; and the debate between the Chancellor of the Exchequer [David Lloyd George] and [William] O'Brien.

Letter from WSC (Home Office) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: discussion of an amendment relating to the hops industry; the weak position of the government due to the disillusionment of their supporters regarding legislation on the constitution and veto of the House of Lords; the necessity of a statement on the subject by the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith] so that financial business, including discussion of the naval estimates, may be continued.

Letter from WSC (Home Office) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: the smooth progression of financial business; discussion of Government borrowing; WSC's opinion that the Government has not surrendered to the Irish [Nationalists] and his comments on the strength of the constitution.

Letter from WSC (House of Commons) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: discussion of Government borrowing and the passage of the [1909] Budget; and the influence of the House of Lords over the passage of financial bills.

Letter from WSC (Home Office) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: discussion of the passage of the [1909] Budget; the suggestion by the Opposition that the Budget should be divided into a series of separate resolutions and the Government's objection to this idea. WSC expresses his hopes that the "catastrophe" which would result from the loss of the Budget can be avoided.

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

Letter from WSC to Sir John Wardlaw-Milne [Unionist MP for Kidderminster, Worcestershire] enclosing a reply prepared by the Minister of Production and the Minister of Fuel and Power in answer to his secret memorandum from the select committee on national expenditure, dealing with the coal, gas and electricity industries [not present] Signed.

Notes by 1st Lord D'Abernon [earlier Sir Edgar Vincent] on the need to restore stability to the price of gold and currency.

Graph showing fluctuations in the world and Rand production of gold between 1890 and 1930.

Graph showing fluctuations in gold and commodity prices between 1922 and 1931.

Notes on sugar and tea prices, world gold reserves, income tax and bank deposits.

Letter from Sir Henry Strakosch (Princes House, 95 Gresham Street, London) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/178/9.

Supplement to the "Economist": "Gold and the price level: a memorandum on the economic consequences of changes in the value of gold" by Sir Henry Strakosch.

Letter from Sir Henry Strakosch (Princes House, 95 Gresham Street, London) to WSC on the increase in the stocks of monetary gold held by the United States and France.

Letter from Sir Henry Strakosch (Princes House, 95 Gresham Street, London) to WSC returning CHAR 2/178/14-16 and arguing that Britain should not adopt a silver standard but should press for the regulation of the gold standard by an international agreement which will safeguard the stability of the common standard of value.

Letter from Charles Davis (Moidart, Limpsfield, Surrey) to WSC arguing that if the British Empire adopted a silver standard the value of silver in gold would appreciate and stabilise and the world could then adopt the dual standard.

Letter from (Ludshott End, Grayshott, Hampshire) to WSC and asserting that Britain's excessive imports are the real cause of the weakness of sterling.

Memorandum calling for the adoption of policies of economic reconstruction to unify the nation.

Notes on the economic benefits of the construction of units for the distillation of oil from coal.