Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 4/8/4-6
Title
Draft text about the organisation of an Inter-Allied War Committee, Nov 1917
Date(s)
- 1917 Nov 4 - 1917 Nov 7 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
3pp
Scope and content
Three drafts of the scheme of organisation of an Inter-Allied War Committee, as proposed by the Rt Hon David Lloyd George, Prime Minister. The final version is a copy of a damaged original made by Victor Bonham-Carter, (author of A Soldier True, (Frederick Muller Ltd, London, 1963) a biography of FM Sir William (Robert) Robertson, 1st Bt), and is an amended draft approved by the British and French Governments, giving the proposed body much greater powers of control over military strategy. 3pp.