Correspondence between Victor Jones, secretary of the Anglo-Russian committee, and E.T. Scott, relating to a request for publicity in the Manchester Guardian for the formation of a proposed national Anglo-Russian trade association, with discussion of the need for support from the Board of Trade, and of the potential cost of subscriptions, with reference to the visit of a business delegation to Russia in 1929, and accompanied by an internal memorandum discussing the subject. Also included are a document entitled the 'Suggested Functions of the Proposed Anglo-Russian Traders' Association', and a list of guarantors for the association. There is a request for a meeting with E.T. Scott, which is granted.
There is correspondence discussing Jones' concerns relating to the revival of the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce, with relation to the involvement of the Russian government, and the detrimental impact upon the Anglo-Russian committee. Also included is correspondence between E.T. Scott and Sir Raymond Streat, cotton trade administrator, relating to the views of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce on the dispute between the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce and the Anglo-Russian Committee. There are copies provided by Jones of correspondence relating to a refusal by [William Graham], president of the Board of Trade to meet with Sir Joseph Isherwood, chairman of the Anglo-Russian Committee.
There is a request that an article on the need for an independent organisation of traders to be formed, in support of the Anglo-Russian Committee, to be published in the Manchester Guardian, which is declined and discussion of solutions to problems involved in the development of trade with Russia. Also included is discussion of Jones' involvement in a question asked in the House [of Commons] regarding the involvement of Russian government officials on the executive committee of the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce by Murdoch McKenzie Wood, politician. There is a copy of an extract of the official report of the question in the House of Commons by McKenzie Wood, and a memorandum prepared by Jones entitled The Present Position Relating to the Development of Trade with Russia, submitted to James Lithgow, industrialist and president of the Federation of British Industries.