Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 8/2/39
Title
Copy letter by Captain William Maxwell to the Dardanelles Commission Secretary, Feb 1917, about the alleged inexperience of intelligence officers at Gallipoli
Date(s)
- 1917 Feb 19 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
2pp
Scope and content
Photocopy of typescript letter by Capt William Maxwell, Military Intelligence 5 (MI5), War Office, to (Edward) Grimwood Mears, Secretary to the Dardanelles Commission, informing him of the alleged inexperience of British intelligence officers and interference in Maxwell's censorship of press correspondents during the Dardanelles Campaign. 2pp (Original in the Public Record Office)