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Correspondence relating to James Griffiths role as Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs and his ongoing interest in the field. Correspondents include several African leaders and UK Prime Minister Harold MacMillan. There are also papers relating to Malta and a letter from the Prime Minister of Malta.

The file comprises a document published by the Council for Wales and Monmouthshire entitled "Fourth Memorandum (Government Administration in Wales) and the Reply of the Prime Minister" (Cmnd.631) relating to UK Government administration in Wales where the council calls for the appointment of a Secretary of State for Wales.

The file comprises Sir Guildhaume Myrddin-Evans' incoming and outgoing correspondence, with many relating to receptions, dinners and retirements and including a copy of a valedictory letter sent by a Labour Attache to Harold Macmillan in his role as Foreign Secretary regarding his tour of duty in Egypt.

Letters and papers, 1956-61, pertaining to the libel action brought in 1957 by Patrick Marrinan, a barrister, against Gwilym Lloyd-George and Beaverbrook Newspapers Limited. They include transcripts of intercepted telephone conversations between Marrinan and a client, extracts from Hansard reports and newspaper cuttings relating to telephone tapping, a copy of the writ and statement of claim served by Marrinan, and a letter, 1961, to Gwilym Lloyd-George from Harold Macmillan.

Includes a copy of a letter to J. Ramsay MacDonald, then the Lord President of the Council, and copies of letters to Harold Macmillan MP. There are also letters to and from Geoffrey le M. Mander MP and Sir Frederick Maurice.

Letters, 1914-64, to Gwilym Lloyd-George from various correspondents, including Brendan Bracken (3) 1939-57, Neville Chamberlain (1) 1939, Winston Churchill (6) 1942-56, Jacob Epstein (1) 1957, Will Hay (1) 1945, Quintin Hogg (1) 1954, Alec Douglas-Home (1) 1957, Selwyn Lloyd (1) 1957, Iain Macleod (1) 1957, Harold Macmillan (2) 1941-7, Peter Thorneycroft (1) 1957, and Harold Wilson (4) 1944-5, together with a letter, 1968, to Lady Edna Lloyd-George from Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st viscount Montgomery of Alamein.

The file contains stray, unrelated letters, 1955-2001, addressed to Dr Roderic Bowen. Among the correspondents are Gwilym Prys Davies, 1989, Anthony Eden, 1955, and Harold Macmillan, [1950s].

Includes letters from Viscount Camrose, Sir Joseph Davies (2 letters), Anthony Eden, Garbett Edwards (2 letters), Lady Olwen Carey-Evans, Arthur Greenwood, and Lord Rothermere (2 letters). Includes copies of letters to Lord Addison, Viscount Astor, Viscount Camrose, Sir Joseph Davies, Anthony Eden, Garbett Edwards, the Master of Elibank (3 letters), Harold Macmillan (2 letters), Herbert Morrison, Lord Reith, Lord Rothermere (2 letters), and Lord Samuel Includes a copy of a typescript memorandum entitled 'Notes on supplies of mineral oil during the war', 31 January 1941, by Sir Joseph Davies.

The recipients of the letters include Clement Attlee, Lord Beaverbrook, Leonard F. Behrens, Ernest Bevin (8 letters), Brendan Bracken (5 letters), Winston Churchill, F. Seymour Cocks, Lord Colwyn (4 letters), Hugh Dalton, Walter Elliot, Dr T. I. Ellis, D. Owen Evans (2 letters), Major Gwilym Lloyd-George, Sir Edward Grigg, Lord Halifax (4 letters), Lord Hankey, General Sir Edmund Ironside (2 letters), Sir William Jenkins MP, Neath (3 letters), Sir Roger Keyes (3 letters), Kingsley Martin, Malcolm MacDonald (2 letters), Harold Macmillan (3 letters), Reginald McKenna (3 letters), Harold Nicolson (3 letters), Frank Owen, Lord Plymouth, Lord Samuel (2 letters), Geoffrey Shakespeare (2 letters), Sir Archibald Sinclair (4 letters), Lord Teviot, J. P. L. Thomas (3 letters), and Sir Robert Webber, the Western Mail. Also includes a copy of a letter from Malcolm MacDonald to Lord Davies and copies of other incoming letters.

Eleven letters, [1966]-1973, from the poet and novelist Robert Graves, to Owen M. Roberts, Bickley, Kent, his comrade in the Royal Welch Fusiliers, whom Graves credited with saving his life at High Wood in July 1916, during the Somme offensive (ff. 1-3, 5-12).
Also included is a carbon copy typescript letter from Roberts to Graves, 1 January 1968 (f. 4). The letters contain references to the battle at High Wood (ff. 1, 10), the Royal Welch Fusiliers (ff. 6, 8, 11), Siegfried Sassoon (ff. 1 verso, 2, 12 verso) and Harold Macmillan (f. 10 verso). Graves mentions Roberts in his autobiography, Goodbye to All That (London, 1929); Roberts's copy of the 1966 revised edition (see NLW ex 2334) contains an autograph dedication from Graves and a marginal gloss on p. 198.