Letter from J A Whitehead (The Rosary, Henley-on-Thames, [Berkshire]) claiming that he is destitute because the Government owe him nearly half a million pounds for aircraft manufactured by him during the war. Typescript copy at CHAR 2/121/3-4.

Letter from George Holt-Thomas (24 Portland Place, [London) to WSC (2 Sussex Square) arguing that the shareholders of the Aircraft Manufacturing Company Ltd should receive compensation from the Government for their losses following the liquidation of the company after its amalgamation with Birmingham Small Arms Ltd. Encloses a suggested letter of support for WSC's approval [see CHAR 2/126/17].

Letter from [WSC] to George Holt-Thomas testifying to the services rendered by the Aircraft Manufacturing Company Ltd during the war in the fields of aeroplane and airship manufacture and supporting the claim that the Government should pay compensation to the company's shareholders. Suggested draft by Holt-Thomas sent with CHAR 2/126/14-16.

Letter from [WSC] to Sir Hugh Trenchard [later 1st Lord Trenchard] offering to arrange a meeting between him and Professor F A Lindemann [later Lord Cherwell] to discuss improvements in the accuracy of bombing. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Sir Hugh Trenchard (Air Ministry) to WSC asking whether he knows anyone he could talk to about improvements to bomb sights. Typescript copy.

Minute by WSC stating that the Dardanelles operations could easily develop into a great siege and calling for the following measures: the provision of siege artillery and well-equipped semi-permanent landing stages; protection against submarines; the fitting of the bombarding fleet with mine protection; the provision of seventy aircraft. Printed copy.

Letter from WSC to Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] on the need for aircraft and 12-inch monitors in the Dardanelles. Printed copy.

Letter from Cyril Longhurst (Offices of the War Cabinet) to WSC enclosing a minute of the Committee of Imperial Defence sub-committee on the allotment and location of seaplane and aeroplane stations [see CHAR 2/90/5] and referring to the Calais conferences. Signed and annotated typescript.

Minute of the Committee of Imperial Defence sub-committee on the allotment and location of seaplane and aeroplane stations reporting the comments of the chairman [WSC] on the usefulness of torpedo-carrying aircraft. Sent with CHAR 2/90/4.

Letter from R Borlase Matthews (106 Earl's Court Road, Kensington, [London]) to WSC criticising the Air Board's decision not to supply technical information to the United States. Signed typescript.

Letter from Captain Murray Sueter to WSC congratulating him on his appointment as Minister of Munitions, asking for more aircraft to be sent for the operations of the Royal Naval Air Service in the Adriatic, suggesting that this matter be discussed with Rear-Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss [later Lord Wester Wemyss], who is in London, and describing how badly he (Sueter) was treated for being loyal to WSC and the RNAS.

Letter from Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] to WSC offering his services as "a pusher and organiser" and asserting that "the air will win the war now" as a result of Arthur Balfour's [later Lord Balfour] apathy with the Navy. Typescript copy at CHAR 2/92/20.

Letter from Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] (36 Berkeley Square) to WSC enclosing [a Westminster Gazette article on aerial defence] and wishing WSC would replace Lord Cowdray [at the Air Board]. Typescript copy at CHAR 2/92/26.

Newspaper cuttings on: on the overriding necessity of defeating Germany; the advantages of the new oil-driven battleships; the need for a more co-ordinated system of defence against German air raids.

Letter from Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] to WSC on arrangements for a meeting between them; C P Scott's belief (shared by Fisher) that there is a real danger of revolution in Britain ("thousands upon thousands of leaflets a la Russe are now being circulated from hand to hand!"); the air as the key theatre in the war. Typescript copy at CHAR 2/92/31.

Letter from J G Butcher (House of Commons) to WSC (41 Cromwell Road) describing the activities of the committee appointed to enquire into the large commissions paid by the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of the United States to agents in Britain on orders placed by the Admiralty and asking WSC to attend the committee to give evidence. Encloses related papers [see CHAR 2/93/4-9]. Signed typescript.

Parliamentary questions by William Joynson-Hicks [later Lord Brentford] on the need for an inquiry into the large commissions paid in 1914 by the [Curtiss Aeroplane Company] of the United States to a representative in Britain to secure Admiralty orders. Typescript copies. Sent with CHAR 2/93/2-3.

Extracts from Admiralty papers relating to a large order placed with the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of the United States. Typescript copies. Sent with CHAR 2/93/2-3.

Summary of papers [compiled in Mar 1917] relating to the placing by the Admiralty of a large order with the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of the United States. Sent with CHAR 2/93/10.

Evidence given by WSC to the Air Department Committee inquiring into the placing of Admiralty orders with the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of the United States. Sent with CHAR 2/93/15.

Letter from WSC (Ministry of Munitions) to [David Lloyd George] expressing the desire to be appointed to the Admiralty rather than the War Office and arguing that the development of aircraft will best be undertaken by the Admiralty. Copy in the hand of Edward Marsh.

Letter from [WSC] to Sir Arthur Duckham on the award of war honours to aircraft manufacturers. Typescript copy.

Letter from Lord Curzon (1 Carlton House Terrace, [London]) to WSC assuring him that his criticism of WSC [over the Air Board] was not meant seriously and suggesting a date for WSC to come and advise the Board.

Extracts from the proceedings of a meeting of the War Committee at which the formation of an Air Board was recommended. Annotated: "Sir F E Smith" [later 1st Lord Birkenhead].

Cutting from the "Daily Mail": editorial on the valour of British airmen and the need for the state to regulate the war profits of employers as well as the wages of employees.