Letter from WSC to Clement Attlee [Leader of the Labour Party] informing him that Ernest Bevin's "repeated charges of bad faith in regard to the circumstances of our unhappy separation force me to present to the public the actual facts of what took place" and stating that he is enclosing a communication which will be given to the newspapers at 3pm [not attached] [carbon].

Letter from WSC to Sir Ronald Cross [Conservative MP for Rossendale] commenting on the fine job he has done for the Empire in Australia and on the sacrifice made by his constituency of Rossendale [Lancashire], but expressing confidence that he will "carry the banner of the Conservative Party and the National Government to Victory on Polling Day" [carbon] [Front of CHAR 20/194B/127 repeats CHAR 20/194B/126 and has been crossed through, but there is an additional paragraph on the reverse].

Letter from WSC to Colonel Douglas Clifton Brown [later 1st Lord Ruffside, Speaker of the House of Commons, Conservative MP for Hexham] greatly regretting that he is to be confronted with a Labour opponent at the General Election [carbon].

Letter from WSC to Major General Robert Laycock [Chief of Combined Operations] endorsing him as Conservative candidate for the constituency of Bassetlaw [Nottinghamshire] [carbon].

Letter from WSC to Clement Attlee [Leader of the Labour Party] informing him of his intention to tender his resignation to the King [George VI] at seven this evening as a result of the electoral decision recorded today [carbon].

Letter from Ralph Assheton [later Lord Clitheroe, Chairman of the Conservative Party] (65 Kingston House, Prince's Gate, SW7 [London]) to WSC thanking him for his hospitality at Chequers and stating that an election manifesto will be needed as early as possible "owing to the great physical difficulty of printing our propoganda" [manuscript].

Note from John Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] to the Duty Private Secretary that Ralph Assheton [later Lord Clitheroe, Chairman of the Conservative Party] has been put down for 10 am on WSC's list of engagements and will await a summons Initialled typescript annotated "came 10.30".

Memorandum from John Peck [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to A P Ryan (Duty Officer at the British Broadcasting Corporation) marked "private and personal" regarding the statement which he is releasing to the press at 8.45 pm this evening and expressing the hope that this will be included on the 9 pm news [probably relating to CHAR 20/195A/79] [carbon].

Text of WSC's statement of resignation following the 1945 General Election.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill) including: his duties as a magistrate; the indefinite postponement of a dissolution [of parliament] and his electoral prospects; and his visit to Lord and Lady Portarlington at Eastbourne [Sussex].

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill) including: the breaking off a friendship between Clara [Jerome, later Frewen] and Madame [Helen von] Hatzfeldt; the arrival of a "2nd man" [in Paris] who could not come between them; the possible retirement of the member of parliament [Henry Barnett] for Woodstock [Oxfordshire] and Randolph's electoral prospects in the absence of agitation among the labourers.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill) including: his future journey to Eastbourne [East Sussex]; the possibility that [Henry] Barnett [member of parliament for Woodstock, Oxfordshire] will resign and his doubts about the result of the election "it is impossible in these radical days to feel much confidence in the working classes"; and her continuing friendship with Madame de Hatzfeldt.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] including: a meeting held in Woodstock [Oxfordshire] concerning the town's sanitary arrangements; the change in his mother's [Frances, Duchess of Marlborough's] attitude towards their engagement; the advice of the parliamentary agent concerning the next general election and compliments on her letters.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses the prizes won by his father's [John, 7th Duke of Marlborough's] sheep [at Smithfield] cattle market in London; describes arrangements for [Albert Edward, Prince of Wales] to meet the people of Woodstock [Oxfordshire] which he hopes will influence the future election; and asks her to write about what she is doing in Paris [France].

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Eno Park, Portarlington [Leinster, Ireland]) to [Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] concerning Lady Portarlington's illness and the likelihood that she may die; his regret that he cannot go to Paris [France] to see her; and his electoral prospects at Woodstock [Oxfordshire].

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (10 St James' Square [London]) to [Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] saying that he is shortly to leave for Blenheim Palace to stand in the election at Woodstock [Oxfordshire] and is hoping to meet the local farmers. He advises her to read the Times during the borough elections.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to [Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] concerning his electoral prospects and saying that he had met members of local electorate at an annual coursing meeting [at Blenheim] and has received assurances of support [in the forthcoming election].

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to [Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] concerning his electoral prospects and canvassing activities in a "radical stronghold", a meeting with [George] Brodrick, the radical candidate, and his regret that [Henry] Standish was not accepted as a member of the Jockey Club.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to [Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] concerning his canvassing activities about which he remarks "The number of houses I have been into, many of them dirty filthy cottages, the number of unwashed and filthy hands that I have cordially shaken you would not believe".

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to [Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his canvassing activities; speculations on the result of the Woodstock [Oxfordshire] election; observations on [George Brodrick, Randolph's opponent]; discussion of his future visit to Paris [France] and of the behaviour of [Lord] Bowmont [later 7th Duke of Roxburghe] towards his sister Annie [Lady Anne Churchill, later Lady Bowmont and Duchess of Roxburghe].

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to [Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses his victory in the [Woodstock, Oxfordshire] election at which he achieved a majority of 165; the celebrations at the announcement of the outcome of the poll; and arrangements for his visit to Paris [France].

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Oakdean, Dorking [Surrey]) to [Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] including a description of his reception at Woodstock [Oxfordshire]; his relief at leaving Woodstock; and observations on the "crushing blow" inflicted on the radicals.