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Copy private letter from Robertson to Lt Col Clive Wigram, Assistant Private Secretary to HM King George V, expressing his concern regarding the Dardanelles operations, and his opinion that all available resources should be concentrated on Allied activities on the Western Front, and enclosing a paper, unsanctioned by FM Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, expressing his views on the subject (not included). Includes a statement of the total number of rounds of ammunition on the Western Front. 5pp.

Extract from instructions from Robertson to Gen Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, General Officer Commanding, British Forces in Italy, on the working relationship of Plumer with the Italian Commander in Chief, Gen Armando Diaz. 1p.

Printed copy of an extract from a private letter by Robertson, commenting on the value of the New Armies being raised and trained in Britain, and recommending that the new recruits be used to keep formations already in the field at full strength. 4pp.

Typed extract from a private letter from temporary Lt Gen Sir Henry Hughes Wilson to the Rt Hon Andrew Bonar Law, Secretary of State for the Colonies, strongly urging the creation of an Anglo-French Council of Six, composed of the two Foreign Secretaries, the two War Secretaries and the two Commanders in Chief in France, in order to prevent the deterioration of relations between the two countries, especially over military operations in Gallipoli and Salonika, Greece. 7pp.

Christmas greetings to Robertson from Pandit Dhanpat Rai. 1p.

Memorandum, in French, by the Belgian General Staff on the material situation of the Belgian Army. 3pp.

Printed Army Council memorandum entitled 'Supply of men for the Army', notably outlining the comments of FM Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, on the effect of the prospective shortage of men on operations on the Western Front, and the suggestion that the number of battalions in a division should be reduced, and reiterating the Army Council's earlier request that the matter should receive urgent attention from the War Cabinet. 2pp.

Memorandum by the Army Council concerning a memorandum (G174) by the Rt Hon Sir Auckland Campbell Geddes, Minister of National Service, on the problem of the maintenance of the armed forces, notably commenting on a proposal for the lowering of the age for service overseas, the effect of the reduction of the numbers of B and C category (medically unfit or wounded) men in the Home Service upon training, the possible employment of Garrison battalions in the line in France, and the availability of skilled men for service. 3pp.

Printed memorandum by the Army Council regarding the supply of men for the Army, reporting that, the strength of the Army in the field cannot be maintained at an adequate level in the event of heavy fighting in April [1917] due to the inadequacy of the numbers of men provided by the Military Service Acts; suggesting the introduction of National Service. 2pp.