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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand] on New Zealand's naval policy. [Printed].

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Extract from speech by Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] to the Canadian House of Commons on the Canadian Naval Aid Bill. [Printed].

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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and the Chief of Staff [Sir Henry Jackson], asking them to discuss New Zealand's naval policy with James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand]. [Typescript, initialled].

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Letter from Admiral Sir Alfred Winsloe, [Admiral Commanding China Station] (HMS Minotaur, Hong Kong) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] with an account of his visit to the French colony at Saigon [later Vietnam], arrangements for joint British and French action against Germany in Far Eastern waters in case of war, pay levels and the problems of transferring officers from merchant shipping to the Navy.

Scope and Contents Letter from Sir William Graham Greene [Secretary of the Admiralty] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on subjects including: the post of Director of Naval Engineering and schemes for ship inspections; official procedure for meetings between WSC and Heads of Department; the Admiralty War Staff and the impracticality of transferring the War Office system to the Admiralty; New Zealand policy and a memorandum on the adequacy of New Zealand's coastal defences; and the Indian contribution to the...

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2 copies of minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to the Secretary, Board of Admiralty [Sir (William) Graham Greene], asking him to bring the memorandum [on Imperial defence for the Canadian Government] before the Board of Admiralty. WSC gives the text of a minute to be read to the Board if no agreement is reached on the memorandum, and gives details of appendices to the memorandum. [Carbon].

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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the secret Canadian Memorandum [on Imperial Defence], stating that he found it difficult to understand why he received little support from his two principal naval colleagues [1st Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman, and 2nd Sea Lord, Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and the Chief of Staff [? Rear-Admiral Ernest Troubridge]. [Carbon, annotated "not sent"].

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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [Herbert Asquith, Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith], on alterations to the Canadian naval memorandum, and its dispatch to Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] via Lewis Harcourt, Secretary of State for the Colonies. [Carbon].

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Letter from WSC [(Admiralty)] to [?] Lewis Harcourt [Secretary of State for the Colonies] [or to Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary] on sending the memorandum on Canadian emergency contribution to the Royal Navy of 3 Dreadnoughts to Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada]. [Carbon, with hand-written annotations].

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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada], enclosing memoranda [not present, on Canada's emergency contribution of 3 Dreadnoughts to the Royal Navy]. [Carbon].

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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to the Secretary, Board of Admiralty [Sir (William) Graham Greene], on sending memoranda [on Canada's emergency contribution of 3 Dreadnoughts to the Royal Navy] to Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada]. [Carbon].

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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [? Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary] on memoranda [on Canada's emergency contribution of 3 Dreadnoughts to the Royal Navy]. [Carbon].

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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Financial Secretary to the Admiralty [Thomas Macnamara], replying to Macnamara's comments [not present] on [Canada's emergency contribution of 3 Dreadnoughts to the Royal Navy]. [Carbon].

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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], commenting on a secret paper [not present] on harbour and coast defences [? in Canada], including a suggested Canadian flotilla for the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of Canada, possibilities of war with Japan and the importance of having a dock for a fleet on the Pacific coast of Canada in case of such a war. [Carbon].

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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada], on making Canada's [emergency contribution of 3 Dreadnoughts to the Royal Navy] public. [Carbon].

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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.

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Letter from Rear-Admiral Herbert King-Hall, Commander- in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope [South Africa] to WSC, on the defenceless state of St Helena.

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Letter from Edward Grigg [editorial staff of the Times, later 1st Lord Altrincham] (The Round Table, Piccadilly, London) to James Masterton-Smith, [Private Secretary to WSC] sending an extract from a letter from the Australian correspondent of the Times on Imperial defence.

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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the naval defence of New Zealand and Australia, including the British attitude to Japan. [Carbon copy].

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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and the Chief of Staff, Admiralty [Admiral Sir Henry Jackson], on the naval defence of New Zealand and the necessity of keeping in touch with James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand]. [Carbon copy].

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Correspondence between WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] and Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] on Imperial naval defence, proposing the formation of an Imperial Squadron of five ships: three Canadian ships with the capital ships New Zealand and Malaya [later part of Malaysia]. [Printed for circulation to the Cabinet].

Scope and Contents Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Mediterranean, to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on naval aviation in the Mediterranean, supporting WSC's proposal to establish air stations at Malta and Gibraltar. Hamilton comments on the possibility of the Navy assuming full responsibility for the defence of places like Malta and Gibraltar, and also mentions his current visit to Australia, reporting a discussion with Senator Millen, the Defence Minister, on...

Scope and Contents Diary of a visit by 1st Lord Haldane [Secretary of State for War] to Berlin [Germany], 8-9 Feb 1912. Includes accounts of Haldane's conversations with: the Chancellor of Germany [Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg], on the balance of power in Europe, the increase in the British and German fleets and territorial questions in Africa; the Emperor [Kaiser Wilhelm II] and Grand-Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz [Head of the German Admiralty] on German naval increases; and with J Cambon [? French Ambassador...

Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, April 1944.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers, particularly Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon]; the Chiefs of Staff; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; General Sir Bernard Montgomery [General Officer Commanding the Eighth Army]; Director of Military Intelligence [Major-General Francis...

Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, July 1943.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; "C" [Major General Sir Stewart Menzies, Head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service].Subjects covered by the minutes...