Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 4/8/2-3
Title
Copy telegram from the Foreign Office to the British Ambassador in Rome, 2 Nov 1917, about proposals for a Supreme War Council
Date(s)
- 1917 Nov 2 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
2pp
Scope and content
Copy of a Foreign Office telegram (1870) to the British Ambassador in Rome, proposing a conference between the French, British and Italians in light of the recent military disasters in Italy; outlining the scheme to create a Supreme War Council as proposed by the British War Cabinet. Enclosing a further telegram giving the full text of the preliminary draft proposal for the Supreme War Council. 2pp.