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Telegram from Stern to Brig Gen Hugh Jamieson Elles, Commander, Tank Corps on the refusal of General Headquarters to provide passes for himself and US Lt Col James A Drain, US Commissioner, Anglo-American Commission. 1p

Telegram (OA808 H) to Robertson from South African Lt Gen Jan Christian Smuts, Commander in Chief, East Africa, on proposals for recruiting in East Africa. 1p.

Telegram from S North-Smith to Stern requesting a typist for the Paris, France office. 1p

Telegram (R36) from Robertson to South African Lt Gen Jan Christian Smuts, Commander in Chief, East Africa, concerning recruitment in East Africa. 1p.

Telegram (R11) from Robertson to Maj Gen Sir John Hanbury-Williams, Chief of the British Military Mission with the Russian Army in the Field, concerning the Russian attitude towards Britain. 1p.

Telegram (R37) from Robertson to Maj Gen Sir John Hanbury-Williams, Chief of the British Military Mission to the Russian Army in the Field, on conditions for Romanian entry into the war. 1p.

Telegram (R83) from Robertson to Maj Gen Sir John Hanbury-Williams, Chief of the British Military Mission to the Russian Army in the Field, on the formation of the new British Government and War Cabinet; the despatch of delegates for the Rome Conference; measures against Greece. 1p.

Telegram (R6) from Robertson to Maj Gen Sir George Frederick Gorringe, General Officer Commanding, 3 Indian Army Corps, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, wishing him luck in the attempt to relieve Kut el Amara. 1p.

Two copies of a telegram (R156) from Robertson to Maj Gen Sir Charles St Leger Barter, Head of the British Military Mission to the Russian Army in the Field, on the collapse of the Russian Army and renewed fighting on the Eastern Front; the need for the British Army to link up with Russian forces in Persia, under Russian Gen N N Baratoff. 2pp.

Telegram (R182) from Robertson to temporary Lt Gen Sir William Raine Marshall, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, congratulating him on his appointment following the death of Lt Gen Sir Frederick Stanley Maude, recommending the appointment of an experienced Chief of General Staff, and a replacement for Marshall as Corps Commander. 1p.

Telegram (R121) from Robertson to Lt Gen Sir Frederick Stanley Maude, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, concerning possible replacements for Gen Sir Archibald (James) Murray, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, and requesting his opinion of temporary Lt Gen Alexander (Stanhope) Cobbe, General Officer Commanding, 1 Indian Army Corps, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, in case of Maude's transfer to the Egypt command. 1p.

Telegram (R167) from Robertson to Lt Gen Sir Frederick Stanley Maude, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, concerning the proposed visit of [Maj Gen Henry Francis Edward] Freeland to inspect communications in Mesopotamia. 1p.

Telegram (R164) from Robertson to Lt Gen Sir Frederick Stanley Maude, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, reporting the transfer of additional 6 inch howitzers, various artillery, and four Machine Gun Companies to the Mesopotamian Front. 1p.

Telegram (R108) from Robertson to Lt Gen Sir Frederick Stanley Maude, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, praising recent operations there (the Second Battle of Kut). 1p.

Telegram (R162) from Robertson to Lt Gen Sir Frederick Stanley Maude, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, concerning Maude's recent demands for reinforcements, Russian Army inactivity, and the use of personal telegrams on official matters. 1p.

Telegram (R52) from Robertson to temporary Lt Gen Sir Frederick Stanley Maude, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, asking for his opinion on the views of the President of the Mesopotamia Enquiry Commission that a determined attack by the enemy there could result in a British military collapse due to sustained lack of supplies for the troops. 1p.

Telegram (R55) from Robertson to temporary Lt Gen Sir Launcelot Edward Kiggell, Chief of General Staff, British Armies in France, requesting details on the utility of tanks on the Western Front. 1p.

Telegram (R8) from Robertson to Lt Gen Sir Bryan Thomas Mahon, General Officer Commanding in Chief, British Salonika Force, concerning the extent of Mahon's input into the plans for offensive operations forwarded by French Gen Maurice Paul Emmanuel Sarrail, Commander in Chief, Allied Army of the Orient. 1p.

Telegram (R49) from Robertson to temporary Lt Gen George Francis Milne, General Officer Commanding in Chief, British Salonika Force, requesting information on the state of British transport and mobility in comparison with the other Allied contingents at Salonika, Greece. 1p.

Telegram (R13) from Robertson to temporary Lt Gen George Francis Milne, General Officer Commanding in Chief, British Salonika Force, requesting his opinion on a proposed combined Allied Balkan offensive from Salonika, Greece. 1p.