Telegram from the Prime Minister of Australia, John Curtin, to WSC on modifications to the Empire Air Training Scheme; asks about strength of force in South Western Pacific.

Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Moyne [Secretary of State for the Colonies, earlier Walter Guinness] regretting that he will be replaced at the Colonial Office by Lord Cranborne [later 5th Lord Salisbury] in the Cabinet reshuffle.

Note by John Martin [Private Secretary to WSC], following a conversation, relating Henry Montague Bell's scheme for settlement of land in Iraq; explains that Bell does not require official recognition but asks only for help securing a passage.

Telegram from WSC to General [Sir Archibald] Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, advising him to stick to the original plan on French Somaliland [later Djibouti], subject to discussion with General [Charles] de Gaulle [Chief of Free French].

Telegram from General [Sir Archibald] Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, to WSC on the decision made with General [Charles] de Gaulle [Chief of Free French] and [?Selwyn] Jepson to allow the Free French to make the initial approach [to French Somaliland, later Djibouti].

Telegram from the [Major-General Edward] Spears Mission (Brazzaville [Congo]) to London passing on a message from General [Charles] de Gaulle [Chief of Free French] to WSC on negotiations between the Governors of Djibouti [French Somaliland] and Aden [later Yemen]; de Gaulle feels this may undermine relations with Free France and give the enemy a foothold.

Telegram from WSC to General [Sir Archibald] Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] (Cairo [Egypt]) asking for an update on negotiations between the Governors of Djibouti [French Somaliland] and Aden [later Yemen]; suggesting that Free French influence there will aid success in Syria.

Telegram from the [Major-General Edward] Spears Mission to the War Office passing on a message from General [Charles] de Gaulle [Chief of Free French] to WSC on intentions to increase Free French involvement in the Middle East theatre; stating that contact with Djibouti [French Somaliland] is vital.

Letter from Josiah Wedgwood to WSC criticising 1st Lord Lloyd [Secretary of State for the Colonies] for sinking a ship, pleasing Hitler and annoying the United States; should pursue aggressive policy including greater use of colonial labour and an end to appeasement of Spain, Japan and Italy. [Manuscripts].

Draft Admiralty memorandum on the naval defence of the Empire for presentation to the Canadian Parliament. [Printed].

Admiralty memorandum with prints of the correspondence between WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty and Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, on the naval defence of the Empire, including Canada's contribution. [Printed].

Admiralty memorandum with prints of the correspondence between WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty and Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, on the naval defence of the Empire, particularly the Canadian emergency contribution to the Royal Navy. [Printed].

Admiralty memorandum on the naval position of New Zealand. [Printed].

Letter from WSC [(Admiralty)] to 1st Lord Crewe [Secretary of State for India, earlier Robert Crewe-Milnes and 2nd Lord Houghton] on India's contribution to Imperial naval defence. [Carbon].

Letter from WSC [(Admiralty)] to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on India's contribution to Imperial naval defence and the cost of naval services in Indian waters. [Carbon].

Memorandum by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Cabinet, with notes prepared by the Admiralty War Staff and the Hydrographer [Rear-Admiral Herbert Cust (Herbert Purey-Cust)] on the strategical value of the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba [later Tanzania]. [Printed].

Letter from WSC (Home Office) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: discussion of the Colonial Office estimates; the statement on British policy in Somaliland [later Somalia] made by WSC and his opinion of British withdrawal to the Somaliland coast.

Letter from WSC (Home Office) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: the circumstances of the evacuation of Somaliland [later Somalia] to the coast and the adjournment of the House of Commons for the holidays.