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Telegram (FSM61) to Robertson from Lt Gen Sir Frederick Stanley Maude, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, concerning cooperation with Russian [Gen] Kirsanof relating to possible combined Russian and British operations in Mesopotamia. 1p.

Telegram (F369) to Robertson from Lt Gen Sir Frederick Stanley Maude, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, on the military implications of Russian inactivity for British troops in Mesopotamia; the need for reinforcements in case of a strong Turkish advance down the Euphrates river. 1p.

Telegram (FSM20) to Robertson from temporary Lt Gen Sir Frederick Stanley Maude, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, outlining the position in Mesopotamia, namely that the supply shortages have been eased by increased river transport and the withdrawal of mounted troops and 13 Div to Amarah, and that the fighting efficiency of the troops is improving; the falling rate of sickness amongst the men; the gradual move of drafts to the front in order to replace depleted battalions. 3pp.

Telegram (FSM31) to Robertson from Lt Gen Sir Frederick Stanley Maude, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, giving his opinion on the relative merits of temporary Lt Gen Alexander (Stanhope) Cobbe, General Officer Commanding, 1 Indian Army Corps, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, and temporary Lt Gen Sir William Raine Marshall, General Officer Commanding, 3 Indian Army Corps, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. 1p.

Telegram (OA727) to Robertson from temporary Lt Gen Sir Launcelot Edward Kiggell, Chief of General Staff, British Armies in France, informing him that the utility of the tanks has been proved in recent operations on the Western Front. 1p.

Telegram (GC123) to Robertson from Lt Gen Sir Bryan Thomas Mahon, General Officer Commanding in Chief, British Salonika Force, concerning the extent of his input into the plans for offensive operations forwarded by French Gen Maurice Paul Emmanuel Sarrail, Commander in Chief, Allied Army of the Orient. 1p.

Cable to Robertson from Lt Gen the Rt Hon Jan Christian Smuts, South African Representative on the British War Cabinet, enclosing three copy telegrams between himself and honorary Gen Louis Botha, South African Premier, concerning the appointment of South African Lt Gen Jacob Louis van Deventer as Commander in Chief, East Africa. 4pp.

Telegram (M120) to Robertson from temporary Lt Gen George Francis Milne, General Officer Commanding in Chief, British Salonika Force, recommending that, in the event of proposed reinforcements being intended for use in Macedonia, the British forces should give up one of their fronts in order to undertake a strong offensive. 1p.

Telegram (M119) to Robertson from temporary Lt Gen George Francis Milne, General Officer Commanding in Chief, British Salonika Force, giving recommendations as to the use of the proposed reinforcements to Salonika, Greece, notably information concerning main objectives and lines of advance in the event of operations against Greece. 2pp.

Telegram (M134) to Robertson from Lt Gen George Francis Milne, General Officer Commanding in Chief, British Salonika Force, giving his views that the establishment of a Mission to the Serbian Headquarters would be extremely beneficial, but that the appointment of a General Officer from each Allied contingent to the Headquarters of French Gen Maurice Paul Emmanuel Sarrail, Commander in Chief, Allied Army of the Orient, would serve no useful purpose. 2pp.

Two copies of a telegram (M115) to Robertson from temporary Lt Gen George Francis Milne, General Officer Commanding in Chief, British Salonika, Greece Force, notably concerning a discussion with French Gen Pierre Roques, French War Minister, relating to planned operations from Salonika, Greece into Macedonia, namely an advance on Veles from Monastir, an attack up the Vardar Valley and a defensive flank on the Struma, and Milne's objections to this plan. 4pp.

Telegram (M113) to Robertson from temporary Lt Gen George Francis Milne, General Officer Commanding in Chief, British Salonika Force, concerning the impracticability of an offensive into the Balkans from Salonika, Greece, despite recent reinforcements of troops; intrigue between Aristide Briand, French Prime Minister, and French Gen Maurice Paul Emmanuel Sarrail, Commander in Chief, Allied Army of the Orient. 1p.

Telegram (GC44) to Robertson from temporary Lt Gen George Francis Milne, General Officer Commanding in Chief, British Salonika Force, on lack of communication between himself and French Gen Maurice Paul Emmanuel Sarrail, Commander in Chief, Allied Army of the Orient, concerning the latter's plan of operation for a Balkan offensive; the lack of adequate training of the troops at Salonika, Greece; the extent of Sarrail's control over Allied troops. 1p.

Five copies of a telegram (GC30) to Robertson from temporary Lt Gen George Francis Milne, General Officer Commanding in Chief, British Salonika Force, outlining the plan of French Gen Maurice Paul Emmanuel Sarrail, Commander in Chief, Allied Army of the Orient, for a combined Allied offensive into the Balkans, and his opinion on the prospect of these operations succeeding. 5pp.

Telegram (M14) to Robertson from temporary Lt Gen George Francis Milne, General Officer Commanding in Chief, British Salonika Force, outlining the mobility of the British force and comparing it to that of the French, Italians and Serbians. 2pp.

Telegram to Robertson from Lt Col (George) Sidney Clive, Liaison Officer between the War Office and French Gen Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre, Commander in Chief, French Armies on the Western Front, giving Joffre's opinion that four more Allied divisions should be sent to Salonika, Greece, to prevent the defeat of Romania. 1p.

Telegram from Lewis William Douglas to Ismay relating to Ismay's appointment as Chief of Staff to Viceroy of India (V Adm Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma). Typescript, 1p

Telegram from Rt Hon Leopold Amery, Secretary for India and Burma, to Gen Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, Commander in Chief, India, questioning Hutton's qualities as a 'fighting leader'. 1p.

Telegram from Ismay to Harold K Guinzburg, Viking Press on dates of visit to United States. Manuscript, 1p

Telegram from Ismay to Owen J Roberts, Buffalo, USA, President of the Atlantic Union Committee expressing regret at being unable to attend their annual congress due to pressure of work at North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). 3pp