1 I Ack.
II Rep.
Will you kindly enter a
file 'offers of assistance'
initialled
6 -V-16

I done 9/5
I despd 9/5
3 Gardiner's Row Dublin May 3rd /16 Dear Sir It has struck me
that possibly a Postal
Censorship may be established
in Dublin, as it has been
elsewhere, and if so, I
should be glad to offer
my services in that way,
or in any position of trust,
organising, — especially
2 in the present crisis — I enclose a letter from
the War Office in which you
will see that (after having
written fully and confidentially
to several references) they
practically offered me a
post in London, provided
I knew sufficient German
to censor letters written
in that language — I had not
known that this was necessary,
and though I have more than
a slight knowledge of German
feared to undertake the work
and I did not care to go to
Liverpool, another thing they suggested. I also enclose confidential
copy of the questions asked of
my referees. I am literary, and have
also done a good deal of
genealogical research work —
in some of which Sir Arthur
Vicars and Mr. G. Burtcheal
kindly gave me assistance. Yours faithfully (Miss) Helen A. Cofton
A. Birrell Esq.
2 enclosures Returned
to
Miss
Crofton
on 28/6/16
see 10778/16
hereon HJL marginal note refers to enclosures with Miss Crofton's letter