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Date(s)
- 1916 Jan 19 (Creation)
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Item
Extent
6pp
Scope and content
Letter in French to Robertson from [French] Capt R Doumayrou, enclosing transcripts of 2 telegrams concerning arrangements for a meeting with Robertson in France, the choice of a new liaison officer, and a request by the Rt Hon David Lloyd George, Minister of Munitions, Robertson and the Rt Hon Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister, for a conference in Paris to discuss the supply and production of munitions for the next offensive. Also attached is a typed and corrected copy of the 'Conclusions of the third conference of the Inter-Allied War Council' held in London on 19 Jan, notably on the possible dispatch of French and Italian divisions to Salonika, Greece, the insufficiency of coal supplies in Greece, and the formation of a new organisation, under British control, to undertake the direction of maritime transport for the Allies. 6pp.