Letter from Gideon Murray, the Master of Elibank (8 Great George Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC asking if he is correct in inferring from WSC's article in the "Weekly Despatch" that WSC would be prepared to be associated with David Lloyd George in the new alignment of parties, a position which Murray and others could not accept. Congratulates WSC on turning the tables on J H Thomas in his speech on imperial policy.

Letter from [WSC] (Chartwell) to Walter Grant Morden expressing the hope that his late arrival [at a dinner at the Thames Yacht Club] did not upset Morden's friends, approving his Empire settlement scheme but declining to take a financial interest in it because his political work might be hampered if he were associated with a private corporation. Carbon copy.

Letter from Walter Grant Morden ("The People", 49 Wellington Street, Strand, London) to WSC on: Dr Black, former Deputy Minister of Emigration in Canada, and Mervyn Brown, founder of the Canada Colonisation Association, who will be dining with WSC and Morden to discuss the scheme to form a private corporation to aid the transfer of "our surplus unproductive population from here to other parts of the Empire; the Government's attitude to the scheme.

Letter from Walter Grant Morden ("The People", 49 1 Wellington Street, Strand, London) to WSC on: the wish of Terence Macnaghten, vice-chairman of the Oversea Settlement Committee, to arrange a conference with Morden at the Colonial Office; the wish of Christopher Lowther to act as secretary to the proposed land settlement corporation and of Sir Robert Lynn to join its board as a representative of Ulster [Ireland]. Proposes a meeting with 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith].

Letter from T H Deakin, mining engineer (Parkend, Lydney, Gloucestershire) to WSC (Chartwell) enclosing CHAR 2/134/52 and wondering whether a system of Free Trade within the Empire could be suggested when the Dominion Prime Ministers visit.

Letter from T H Deakin (Parkend, [Lydney, Gloucestershire]) to Lord Hartington [later 10th Duke of Devonshire] suggesting a system of Free Trade within the Empire to be extended to other countries only if they reciprocate. Copy sent with CHAR 2/134/51.

Letter from [3rd Lord] Delaware (Gil Gil, British East Africa [later Gilgil, Kenya]) to WSC praising the work of Sir Percy Girouard as governor of British East Africa [later Kenya and Uganda] and noting the opposition to him of some of his officials. Annotated with WSC's instruction to reply expressing satisfaction.

Letter from H Hesketh Bell, governor of Northern Nigeria (Government House, Northern Nigeria, [Africa]) to WSC expressing the view that Northern Nigeria has less potential for development than Uganda and that its capacity for cotton-growing has been exaggerated. Reports good progress with the building of the railway line there. Congratulates WSC [on his appointment as Home Secretary].

Reprint from the African World: article refuting an article in the Nation alleging that the natives of Kenya Colony [Kenya] have suffered as a result of economic mismanagement by the white settlers. Sent with CHAR 2/121/127.

Page from the African World including editorial on the danger to Britain if France gained control of Tangier [Morocco]. Sent with CHAR 2/121/127.

Letter from Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon], Secretary of State for War, to WSC advising him to wait before choosing the future Viceroy [of India, 2nd Lord Linlithgow's replacement] as there are no suitable candidates amongst [Leo] Amery's [Secretary of State for India and Burma, later Myanmar] submissions, that "Sam" [Sir Samuel Hoare, later 1st Lord Templewood] is not up to the job, but one might emerge. [manuscript].

Letter from "Bobbety" [Lord Cranborne, earlier Robert Gascoyne Cecil, later 5th Lord Salisbury] to WSC accepting the promotion to the House of Lords; expresses doubts about a position at the Dominions Office due to too many recent staffing changes, and at the India Office as his views are so different from [Leo] Amery's [Secretary of State for India and Burma, later Myanmar] it will be thought to indicate a change of policy. [manuscript].

Telegram from WSC to the Viceroy [and Governor-General of India, 2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun] regarding the visit of Generalissimo Chiang-Kai-shek [Chinese Nationalist Leader] to India: feels "It would be disastrous if you put yourself in a position where we had [Mohandas] Gandhi and [Jawaharlal] Nehru on the one side and the Viceroy of India on the other, with Chiang-Kai-shek arbitrating between the two".

Telegram from Lord Halifax [British Ambassador to the United States, earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] to WSC urging the replacement of Sir Hubert Young as Governor of Trinidad [and Tobago].

Telegram from Field Marshal Sir John Dill [Head of British Joint Staff Mission, Washington, United States] to WSC regarding the need to remove Sir Hubert Young as Governor of Trinidad [and Tobago].

Telegram from WSC to [the President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt] outlining some of the obstacles to India obtaining Dominion status: "Naturally we do not want to throw India into chaos on the eve of invasion.".

Telegram from Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC commenting on British Government proposals for India, and recommending that the partition provisions be dropped.