Item HAMILTON, ISM 8/2/20 - Text of Hamilton's opening statement to the Dardanelles Commission, [Oct 1916], on topics including the publication of documents and his requests to the War Office

Typed copy of Hamilton's opening statement to the Dardanelles Commission, drawing the attention of the Commission to his willingness to have any document relating to the Gallipoli Campaign published; his requests to the War Office for reinforcements, munitions, and supplies; the selection of officers by the War Office for high command on Gallipoli; the circulation of reports by Lt Gen the Hon Sir Frederick William Stopford on operations at Suvla Bay, and by Keith Arthur Murdoch on the conduct of the Gallipoli Campaign, without the opportunity for Hamilton to state his views. 2pp Two identical copies