Letter from [WSC] (Colonial Office) to John St Loe Strachey outlining the objections to Strachey's idea of converting the National Debt into ninety-nine year leases, suggesting a forced loan at a low rate of interest, as has been introduced in New Zealand, and referring to Government efforts to reduce expenditure, including his own twenty million pounds worth of savings on Mesopotamia [Iraq, and parts of southeast Turkey, southwest Iran and Syria] and Palestine. Typescript copy.

Letter from John St Loe Strachey (Newlands Corner, Merrow Downs, Guildford, [Surrey]) to WSC discussing means of reducing the National Debt, rejecting WSC's idea of a forced loan, warning him "to prepare at once against a flood which may be upon us at any moment", asking him to read various newspaper articles and urging him to help stop the sale of Runnymede [Surrey].

Memorandum by Leopold Amery on the need for a clear and consistent monetary policy which takes account of the new situation after the war. Covers the debt owed to the United States, the internal debt, the avoidance of deflation except as a result of increased production, and stability in the international exchanges.

Letter from T B Johnston (The Bristol Pottery, Fishponds, Bristol) to WSC (Colonial Office) enclosing copies of letters he has written to [David Lloyd George] on unemployment and the collapsed exchanges [see CHAR 2/116/73-74 and CHAR 2/116/75-80].

Letter from T B Johnston (Bristol) to David Lloyd George (Gairloch, [Ross and Cromarty], Scotland) arguing for an international agreement to take the index number of the cost of living as a basis for fixing exchanges. Typescript copy sent with CHAR 2/116/72.

Letter from T B Johnston (Bristol) to David Lloyd George (Gairloch, [Ross and Cromarty], Scotland) arguing that unemployment has been caused by currency restrictions and that the problem can be addressed by a departure from the Gold Standard accompanied by a regulation of prices brought about by the organisation of industry into a number of industrial councils co-ordinated by a national council. Typescript copy sent with CHAR 2/116/72. Leaves filed in wrong order.

Pamphlet: "Industrial peace: capital, labour and consumer: a basis of co-operation. A paper delivered before the British Association . . . by T B Johnston." Advocates a system of industrial councils.

Precis of an article [by Philip Kerr] on "national prosperity and industrial peace" reprinted from the Round Table.

Letter from John Baugh (John Baugh & Co, importers and exporters, 52 Gracechurch Street, London) to WSC enclosing a copy of a letter from him to [David Lloyd George] on export credits [see CHAR 2/116/95a-112] and asking for support for his proposals.

Letter from John Baugh (John Baugh & Co, importers and exporters, 52 Gracechurch Street, London) to [David Lloyd George] proposing the establishment of a British Bank of Commerce with branches in trading countries to facilitate the obtaining of export credits by British firms. Typescript copy sent with CHAR 2/116/95.

"The Valve World", the staff magazine of Crane Co of Chicago [United States], containing an article on the cancellation of debts owed to the United States. Sent with CHAR 2/116/121 .

Letter from T B Johnston (Bristol Pottery, Fishponds, [Bristol]) to the editor of the Bristol Times and Mirror advocating the organising of industries into cartels co-ordinated in a central council and describing the successful establishment of such a system in Germany. Reprint sent with CHAR 2/116/143.

Note from [John Stephenson] to Edward Marsh stating that since the proposals [? in CHAR 2/116/147-156] are not confined to the Empire they are primarily a matter for the Board of Trade rather than the Colonial Office.

Letter from Sir John Pilter [honorary president of the British Chamber of Commerce, Paris] (48 Rue Michel-Ange, Paris, [France]) to WSC (House of Commons) enclosing a paper by him on British export trade [see CHAR 2/116/147-156].

Paper by Sir John Pilter, honorary president of the British Chamber of Commerce in Paris [France], on the need for government, employers and labour to co-operate in forward-looking policies which will enable Britain to retain her trading position in the post-war world. Sent with CHAR 2/116/146.

Cutting from the Scotsman: article by Professor J Shield Nicholson on fluctuations in the value of the German mark (29 Oct). With covering letter to WSC from Robert Wallace (University of Edinburgh, [Scotland]) (9 Nov).

Note from WSC to [Austen Chamberlain]: "this is all working up to you." With Chamberlain's reply that his budget is destroyed whatever [? foreign] policy is adopted because there is no policy which can be carried out within the estimates.

Statement by [? WSC] arguing that a forced loan rather than taxation would be the best way to reduce the National Debt.

Statement of the case in favour of a capital levy on war fortunes to reduce the National Debt. Carbon copies at CHAR 2/112/29-47 and 48-66.

Letter from Lord Weir [earlier Sir William Weir] (Holm Foundry, Cathcart, Glasgow, [Scotland]) to WSC (War Office) enclosing notes by him on industrial policy [see CHAR 2/112/68-134].

"Some factors governing production and the character of industrial policy required to improve our position." An address by Lord Weir [earlier Sir William Weir] at the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce [Scotland]. Sent by the Scottish Economic League.

Speech on bank deposits, prices and currency by Reginald McKenna as chairman of the London Joint City and Midland Bank Ltd.

Letter from [WSC] to Sir Auckland Geddes [later Lord Geddes] asking for comparative figures on exports, food consumption, population and capital and income for 1913 and 1919. Typescript copy.

Letter from Sir Auckland Geddes [later Lord Geddes] (Board of Trade) to WSC enclosing figures on imports and exports and population in 1913 and 1919 [see CHAR 2/112/141], explaining that it is not yet possible to supply firm figures on the changes in capital and income over that period, and suggesting he apply to the Ministry of Food for figures on food consumption.

Figures showing the volume of imports and exports and the United Kingdom population in 1913 and 1919. Sent with CHAR 2/112/140.