Includes: note of a conversation with Georges Clemenceau on subjects including the disadvantages of diverting French troops to Salonika [Thessaloniki, Greece], avoiding premature attacks on the Western front, France's requirement of further financial help, and the effects of the battle of Verdun; note of a conversation with 2nd Lord Esher [earlier Reginald Brett] on French views of Salonika, on likely requests for a British offensive to relieve pressure on French troops at Verdun and the growing influence of the French peace party; notes on British and French intelligence work at Salonika.