Box 1

Materials related to the financial activity of Chinese Defence Supplies, including receipts, expense reports, and financial correspondence.

Letters from Donald F. Harding to his parents while he was stationed in India working for China Defense Supplies

Professional and personal correspondence of Gordon Tweedy, primarily with Donald F. Harding, as well as others, regarding the work of China Defense Supplies.

Professional and personal correspondence of John B. Nason, primarily with Donald F. Harding, as well as others, regarding the work of China Defense Supplies.

Personal and professional correspondence of Mary Carr for China Defense Supplies.

Personal and professional correspondence of Whiting "Whitey" Willauer regarding China Defense Supplies

Correspondence of Colonel William "Bill" Gaud, primarily with Donald F. Harding and Captain W.C. Donaldson, regarding the movement and supply of goods into China.

Personal and professional correspondence of William "Bill" S. Youngman, Jr., president of China Defense Supplies, primarily with Donald F. Harding.

Correspondence between a variety of individuals involved with Chinese Defense Supplies, including Donald F. Harding, R.C. Chen, and M. Quinn Shaughnessy, as well as memos sent to other leaders of CDS including T.V. Soong.

Various reports, memos, and inventories produced by China Defense Supplies, and, later, the Chinese Supply Commission

Report on the final lend-lease activities to China at the end of the war, as CDS was becoming the Chinese Supply Commission

Official inventory of CDS goods stored in India.

Official report on the status of the Trans-Iranian Highway, from Karachi to Bajgiran, including maps of the road and rail routes, and information on the conditions and uses of the routes.

Booklets of confirmations for ingoing and outgoing cables between individuals involved with China Defense Supplies, in India, China, and Washington, D.C.