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Letter to Robertson from Brig Gen Prince Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George of Teck, (later 1st Earl of Athlone), General Staff Officer, Grade 1, British Military Mission to the Belgian Army, recommending possible candidates for command on the Western Front. 2pp.

Letter to Robertson from Brig Gen (George) Sidney Clive, British Mission to French Army, recounting the opinion of French Gen Henri-Philippe Benoni Omer Pétain, Commander in Chief, French Armies on the Western Front, concerning the request of the Allied Supreme War Council at Versailles for thirty divisions for the General Reserve, and Pétain's belief that, as British Representative to the Supreme War Council, Robertson will protect the position of the Allied Commanders in Chief against the demands of their governments. 3pp.

Letter to Robertson from Brig Gen Henry Yarde-Buller, Head of British Missions at French Army Headquarters, requesting clarification of his position and duties following the appointment of Lt Col (George) Sidney Clive as Liaison Officer between the War Office and French Gen Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre, Commander in Chief, French Armies on the Western Front. 1p.

Letter from [Capt] the Rt Hon Josiah Clement Wedgwood, attached to the Staff of Lt Gen Jan Christian Smuts, General Officer Commanding, East Africa, to the Rt Hon Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister, giving news of the British Forces in East Africa, recommending the despatch of a Commander in Chief to replace Gen Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien. 2pp.

Letter from Capt Sir George (Compton Archibald) Arthur 3rd Bt, Personal Private Secretary to FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, to Maj Cecil Courtenay Lucas, Aide de Camp to Robertson, enclosing a list of private letters between Kitchener and Robertson, which he feels should be kept by the latter instead of forming part of Kitchener's estate (Kitchener had drowned in the sinking of HMS Hampshire, 5 Jun 1916). 3pp.

Letter from Brevet Lt Col Cecil Courtenay Lucas, Aide de Camp to Robertson, to F J Robertson, Joint Secretary of the Harry Lauder £1,000,000 Fund for Scottish Sailors and Soldiers, directing him to a reply sent to Harry Lauder himself. 1p.

Letter from Brevet Lt Col Cecil Courtenay Lucas, Aide de Camp to Robertson, to the Rt Hon Robert Munro, Secretary of State for Scotland, informing him that he has declined to become a member of the Board of Management of the Harry Lauder £1,000,000 Fund for Scottish Sailors and Soldiers. 1p.

Letter to Robertson from the Rt Hon Dr Christopher Addison, Minister of Munitions, concerning his meeting with the Woolwich munitions workers, and requesting Robertson's presence. 1p.

Letter to Robertson from temporary Col Christopher Birdwood Thomson, Military Attaché to Romania, refuting a rumour that he made comments which were disloyal to Robertson to the Rt Hon David Lloyd George, Prime Minister. 2pp.

Letter to Robertson from Col Clive Wigram, Assistant Private Secretary to HM King George V, on his speech on manpower given at the Trades Union Conference. 1p.

Letter to Robertson from Col John Arthur Coghill Somerville, Military Attaché at the British Embassy in Tokyo, relating to a gift of a ancestral sword sent to Robertson by Eikichi Imai. Includes translations of the complimentary and covering letters from Eikichi Imai to Robertson. 5pp.

Letter to Robertson from [Col] Walter Gow, Secretary to the Ministry of Overseas Forces in Canada, concerning the case of Col Omar Macklem, who is believed to be an impostor, and requesting corroboration as to whether or not Robertson sent a telegram confirming Macklem's status as a Col in the British Army, as is reported in the Toronto Globe. 2pp.

Letter to Robertson from [Col] Walter Gow, Secretary to the Ministry of Overseas Forces in Canada, thanking him for his confirmation that he did not send a cable confirming the status of Col Omar Macklem. 1p.

Letter to Robertson from Col William Ernest Fairholme, Chief Liaison Officer, British Salonika Force, notably on the poor relations between the British and French Staffs there; the strength of the defences around Salonika, Greece, the morale of the troops, and the need for further supplies and manpower. 5pp.

Letter to Robertson from Col William Ernest Fairholme, Chief Liaison Officer, British Salonika Force, on the situation in Salonika, notably the unjustified offensive French policy towards Greece, including Sarrail's maintenance of a blockade, which Fairholme believes should be removed or relaxed; British subservience to the French in Greece. 6pp.

Letter to [Edward Geoffrey de Capell-] Brooke, Private Secretary to Robertson, from Cyril Longhurst, Assistant Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence, enclosing a letter from Robertson to Lt Col Sir Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, Secretary to the War Cabinet, dated 12 Dec 1916, on the circulation of secret telegrams to the War Committee. 2pp.

Letter to Robertson from the Rt Hon David Lloyd George, shortly before the latter took up the post of Secretary of State for War, on the relationship between the Secretary of State for War and the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), and the need for a sharing of responsibility and information. 6pp.

Letter to Robertson from the Rt Hon David Lloyd George, Secretary of State for War, (replying to 7/3/6), reiterating his right to express his personal opinion on military strategy as a member of the War Council and not be bound by Robertson's views; expressing his displeasure at the amount of confidential information being passed to members of the press; giving his position regarding the sending of troops to Salonika, Greece, to assist Romania against attack. 8pp.

Letter to Robertson from David Urqhart, Honorary Secretary of the Savage Club, London, offering him Honorary Life Membership. 1p.

Letter to RS Copland, Honorary Secretary of the Victoria Working Men's Club, from [Edward Geoffrey de Capell-Brooke], explaining that Robertson has handed over his duties as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and is on leave. 1p.