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Telegram from Penney to Lt Gen Allan Francis Harding, Headquarters, Allied Armies in Italy, stating his unwillingness for a temporary transfer [Penney had been injured, 17 Feb]. 1pp.

Telegram from P Dale-Bussell, Director of Naval Constructions Committee, Contract Department, the Admiralty, to Stern, advising him of the intended visit of Maj Gen Sir George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff, Director of Fortifications and Works, War Office and Eustace Henry William Tennyson-d'Eyncourt, Director of Naval Construction, the Admiralty, to the Wembley Park test ground. 1p

Manuscript telegram by Montgomery-Massingberd to The Times, praising an editorial of the paper's on 1st Earl Haig, and criticising the military correspondent of The Times, Capt Basil Liddell Hart. 1p.

Telegram from Maj Walter Gordon Wilson, Director of Engineering, Mechanical Warfare Supply Department, at the Ritz Hotel, Paris, France, reporting that no orders had been received for that week. 1p

Telegram from Karri Davis to Gen Sir Archibald Hunter, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Aldershot Command, requesting introductions in New York. 3pp.

Manuscript extract of telegram from Maj Gen Walter Pipon Braithwaite, Chief of General Staff Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, to Lt Gen the Hon Sir Frederick William Stopford, urging him to personally organise an advance on W Hills, Gallipoli. 1p

Telegram (594) to Robertson from Maj Gen Sir John Hanbury-Williams, Chief of the British Military Mission to the Russian Army in the Field, concerning planned measures against Greece. 1p.

Telegram (194) to Robertson from Maj Gen Sir John Hanbury-Williams, Chief of the British Military Mission with the Russian Army in the Field, concerning the postponement of the Allied offensive on the Eastern Front and the proper dissemination of information to the British Mission. 1p.

Telegram from Maj Gen Sir John Edward Capper, Director General, Tank Corps, to Stern stating that it was inadvisable at that time for Stern and US Lt Col James A Drain, US Commissioner, Anglo-American Commission to attend a meeting at General Headquarters. 1p

Telegram to Ismay from Maj Gen Sir Edward Louis Spears (relating to appointment as Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations). Typescript, 2pp

Telegram (R177) from Maj Gen Frederick (Barton) Maurice, Director of Military Operations, to Robertson, forwarded to Brig Gen Charles Delmé-Radcliffe, Chief of the British Military Mission to the Italian Army in the Field, and Brevet Col Charles Anthony Lamb, Military Attaché at Rome, informing Robertson of a proposal by the Rt Hon David Lloyd George, Prime Minister, for the creation of a Supreme War Council, with either Robertson or Lt Gen Sir Henry Hughes Wilson as Military Representative. 2pp.

Telegram (R179) from Maj Gen Frederick (Barton) Maurice, Director of Military Operations, to Robertson, forwarded to Brevet Col Charles Anthony Lamb, Military Attaché at Rome, on a possible attempt by the Rt Hon David Lloyd George, Prime Minister, to persuade FM Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, to take supreme command in Italy at the Rapallo Conference. 1p.

Telegram (R178) from Maj Gen Frederick (Barton) Maurice, Director of Military Operations, to Robertson, forwarded to Brevet Col Charles Anthony Lamb, Military Attaché at Rome, concerning a French proposal for a redistribution of command on the Western Front, and future negotiations on the matter with the Italians. 1p.

Telegram from Maj A H Wood, Area Commandant, Candas, France, British Expeditionary Force (B E F), France, to Ministry of Munitions, Commission for Mechanical Warfare (Overseas and Allies), Paris, confirming receipt of wire and indicating that he was awaiting instructions from General Headquarters. 1p

Telegram from Charles William Frederick Hope 3rd Marquess of Linlithgow informing him of his cancellation of his question in the House of Lords due to the settlement of the issue of Indian service pensions. Typescript, 1p

Telegram from Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, Secretary of State for War, to Lt Gen George Francis Milne, General Officer Commanding in Chief, British Salonika Force, outlining the conclusions of the recent Rome Conference concerning the relations between French Gen Maurice Paul Emmanuel Sarrail, Commander in Chief, Allied Army of the Orient, and the commanders of the various Allied forces at Salonika, Greece. 1p.

Lt V D Siddons, Akaba to HQ RAF, Cairo. Requesting aviation petrol and spares. Telegram. Ms, 1p

Telegram (M1) to Robertson from temporary Lt Gen Sir William Raine Marshall, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, recommending the retention of temporary Maj Gen Herbert Reginald Hopwood as Chief of General Staff to the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, and the employment of Lt Gen Sir Raleigh Gilbert Egerton as General Officer Commanding, 3 Indian Army Corps. 1p.

Telegram (FSM75) to Robertson from Lt Gen Sir Frederick Stanley Maude, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, outlining progress in training, mobility, and construction of defences. 1p.

Telegram (FSM30) to Robertson from Lt Gen Sir Frederick Stanley Maude, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, thanking him for his congratulations, and praising the performance of the troops during recent operations (the Second Battle of Kut). 1p.