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Telegram from Sir Francis Elliot [British Minister, Athens, Greece] to the Foreign Office, reporting that the Acting Chief of the Greek General Staff had resigned rather than comply with orders to send troops elsewhere than to the Bulgarian frontier.

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Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Mark Sykes to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on German plans to involve Turkey in the war, and raise Pan-Islamic forces against the Allies. Sykes offers to take his Battalion to the Middle East, and to put his local knowledge to good use, to "raise native scallywag corps, win over notables, or any other oddment".

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Letter from Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] to WSC, hoping that Rear-Admiral Edward Troubridge [commanding Mediterranean Cruiser Squadron] would not show hostile actions against Turkey, and would keep in touch with Sir Louis Mallet [British Ambassador to Turkey].

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Letter from Admiral Arthur Limpus [Naval Adviser to the Turkish Government], (Constantinople [later Istanbul, Turkey]) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], giving an account of his recent actions, of the status of the German cruisers Goeben and Breslau and the hopes of Turkey from a war.

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Letter from Admiral Arthur Limpus, [Naval Adviser to the Turkish Government], to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], giving an account of the replacement of British officers with Turks in the Turkish fleet, and the political and military situation in Turkey.

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Telegram from Sir Louis Mallet [British Ambassador to Turkey], to the Foreign Office, on his meeting with the Turkish Minister of Marine following Britain's seizure of the Turkish battleship Sultan Osman [later HMS Agincourt, building at Newcastle-upon- Tyne], and on British relations with Turkey. [Carbon].

Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Enver Pasha [Turkish Minister of War], on the seizure of Turkish ships [particularly the Sultan Osman, renamed HMS Agincourt, building at Newcastle-upon-Tyne]. WSC proposes that the ships be delivered to Turkey at the end of the war, and that Britain should pay 1000 pounds a day compensation, the agreement coming into force on the day that the last German officer and man from the [German cruisers] Goeben and Breslau left Turkish soil, and...

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Telegram from Sir Louis Mallet [British Ambassador to Turkey] to the Foreign Office, on the favourable reaction of the Turkish Minister of War [Enver Pasha] to WSC's message about compensation for Britain's seizure of Turkish ships [particularly the Sultan Osman, renamed HMS Agincourt]. [Typescript copy, initialled by Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary].

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Telegram from Sir Louis Mallet [British Ambassador to Turkey] to the Foreign Office, on his concerns about causing panic in Turkey with reinforcements to the British fleet, and a warning to the forts at the Dardanelles that they would be bombarded by the fleet if German ships came out. [Typescript copy].

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Letter from Admiral Arthur Limpus [Naval Adviser to the Turkish Government] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on preparations for war in Turkey, stating that Constantinople [later Istanbul] was in German hands, including press, supplies, communications, and Ministry of War and Army, and predicting that Turkey would break neutrality in about 10 days.

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Letter from Admiral Arthur Limpus [Naval Adviser to the Turkish Government] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on the naval situation in Turkey and attitudes towards Britain. [Incomplete, page 1 missing].

Scope and Contents Letter from Admiral Arthur Limpus [Naval Adviser to the Turkish Government] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on the political and military situation in Turkey, stating that Constantinople [later Istanbul] was almost completely in German hands, listing new Turkish warships and commenting that ill-feeling against German control was rising. Limpus encloses a letter from a Lieutenant Hallifax, reporting a conversation with a Turkish officer on considerable resentment in the Turkish Navy...

Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to Lieutenant-Colonel Oswald Fitzgerald [Personal Military Secretary to Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War], hoping that Kitchener would not keep General Sir Ian Hamilton [commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force] too short of men. WSC states that he felt that there should be another 20,000 men in [the Dardanelles] and urges Fitzgerald not to lose two or three precious days. [Hand-written copy, signed by WSC, with envelope and covering note...

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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener [Secretary of State for War], hoping that he would not keep General Sir Ian Hamilton [commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force], too short of men, adding that a loyal man like Hamilton would go on with what he had and never say a word until he cracked up. WSC suggests that another 20,000 men be sent to the Dardanelles. [2 Hand-written copies signed by WSC].

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Draft note from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden, in command of naval operations at the Dardanelles], on the Dardanelles campaign, stating that the results to be gained by attacking were great enough to justify the loss of ships and men which success could not be obtained without. [Hand-written drafts, initialled by WSC. See also CHAR 13/45/120-122.].

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Letter from Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], asking if he had seen a telegram from Sir George Buchanan [British Ambassador to Russia], on the Russians and the Turks. Kitchener asks if any naval actions would be possible to prevent the Turks sending more men into the Caucasus.

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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord, on naval support for the army off the Belgian coast and also in the Dardanelles. Includes covering note from WSC, asking for Fisher's remarks, and adding that they never seemed to settle anything. [Hand-written copy, signed by WSC].

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Letter from George Trevelyan (Rome [Italy]) to Francis Acland [Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] on Italy and the Balkans, including the views of Sir [James] Rennell Rodd [British Ambassador to Italy] on the chances of Italy going to war, the advantages of bringing in Italy and Romania as allies, the harshness of Austro-Hungarian rule in the Balkans and the necessity of keeping Serbia supplied with ammunition. Includes forwarding note from WSC. [Typescript copy].

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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener [Secretary of State for War], on the naval attack on the Dardanelles. WSC states that it would be desirable for an attack on Alexandretta [Iskenderun, Turkey] to be simultaneous, so that if the attack on the Dardanelles was a failure it could be presented as a mere demonstration to cover the seizure of Alexandretta. [Hand-written copy].

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Letter from Anthony Quilter, Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division, to Edward Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC] on the state of his brigade, including problems with snipers, and suggesting that the Drake Battalion be added to the Hood, to make a 5 Battalion Brigade, adding that they would have a "really useful lot" in about a month.

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Letter from Victor Augagneur, French Minister of Marine to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, approving WSC's plans for joint naval operations in the Mediterranean, and detailing the French fleet, including aircraft sent to the Suez Canal [Egypt], and explaining that they had no light cruisers available. Includes hand-written copy and note by WSC marking the letter as satisfactory.

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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Herbert Asquith, Prime Minister [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith], on the importance of Serbia, asking why nothing had been done, and warning that Britain would soon be facing a disastrous situation in the Balkans. WSC states that Britain should be prepared to "play a stake" in the Balkan situation, and also mentions hiding the loss of HMS Audacious, explaining that the Admiralty would not be printing any more Navy Lists during the war.

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Letter from CSC to WSC, on his return to Belgium after leave in Britain. Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/2.

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Letter from CSC to WSC, on the Conscription Crisis, the Prime Minister's method of dealing with opposition, and the possibility of publication of the Dardanelles Papers. Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/23-25.

Scope and Contents Letter from CSC (41 Cromwell Road [London]) to WSC on subjects including: news of a German offensive at Arras [France]; an air raid at Walmer [Kent]; dinner with Lady Randolph Churchill where she had met Hugh Warrender; "Lulu" [Lewis] Harcourt and May Harcourt; reports that AJB [Arthur Balfour] is "run entirely by Masterton [James Masterton-Smith ]"; WSC's improvements to his battalion which have been widely discussed. In a postscript she comments "I fear the war will last over another...