Report on the internal and external position of Greece immediately preceding and during the war. Typescript copy. In French. Sent with CHAR 2/71/130-133.

Note [submitted to the Prime Minister of France] on the need for the Allies, with the help of the government at Salonika [Greece], to eliminate from Athens the pro-German influence of King Constantine and Queen Sophie. Typescript copy. In French. Sent with CHAR 2/71/148-149.

Note [submitted to the Prime Minister of France] arguing for the recognition of the Greek government at Salonika under Eleutherios Venizelos. Typescript copy. In French. Sent with CHAR 2/71/148-149.

Note on the ill effects from the Allies' point of view which would follow the threatened Austro-German invasion of Rumania [Romania], the vital importance of arresting King Constantine and Queen Sophie of Greece and their pro-German adherents, Greek anti-Italian sentiment, and the need for the Allies to recognise the government of Eleutherios Venizelos at Salonika [later Thessaloniki]. Typescript. In French. Sent with CHAR 2/71/148-149.

Text of a proposed proclamation to the people of Greece following an Anglo-French occupation of Athens. Typescript. In French.

Letter from Admiral Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] (36 Berkeley Square, [London]) to WSC enclosing a memorandum on his acquiesence in the Dardanelles operations [see CHAR 2/72/2-5]. Typescript copy at CHAR 2/72/40a.

"Points that influenced Lord Fisher in his acquiescence in the Dardanelles Operation." Typescript. Sent with CHAR 2/72/1.

Letter from Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] (36 Berkeley Square, [London]) to WSC asking him to put in writing [the argument which WSC suggested Fisher should use before the Commission of Inquiry to justify his hostility to the Dardanelles campaign]. Typescript copy at CHAR 2/72/41.

Memorandum by WSC for the Committee of Imperial Defence on variants of the offensive (written 3 December 1915), with comments by Major-General 10th Lord Cavan.

Memorandum for the Cabinet by WSC arguing that recent British offensives on the Western Front have been largely ineffective, with dissenting introduction by "F S" [?Sir F E Smith, later 1st Lord Birkenhead].

Summary of the military situation in the various theatres of war for the nine days ending 18th November, with comments by the General Staff.

Summary of the military situation in the various theatres of war for the nine days ending 30th November, with comments by the General Staff.

Telegram from General Sir Ian Hamilton to Vice Admiral John de Robeck encouraging him to persevere in his naval attack on the Dardanelles. Typescript copy. Sent with CHAR 2/74/33.

Letter from Sir Roger Keyes [later Lord Keyes] (Admiralty House, Malta) to WSC thanking him for writing, reporting on his inspection of aircraft carriers and his cruise in the Aegean, referring to Cecil Aspinall's [later Cecil Aspinall-Oglander] history of the [Dardanelles] campaign and to his (Keyes') polo ponies.

Letter from WSC (Admiralty) to Charles a Court Repington on: arrangements for providing information about the war to the press; the fall of Antwerp [Belgium]; the prospect of a hard struggle on the Western Front. Copy in WSC's hand.

Letter from Captain Ralph Glyn (War Office) to WSC expressing the wish to talk to him about Russian and Balkan affairs and referring to the Dardanelles as the place "where the only real movement to smash Germany via Austria now finds its beginning".

Letter from WSC to Lord Kitchener regretting the attacks in the press on Kitchener, expressing confidence that the Dardanelles campaign "will come out all right" and noting that Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] "went mad".

Letter from Lord Kitchener (War Office) to WSC stating that the attempts in the press to create bad feeling between himself and Sir John French [later Lord French and Lord Ypres] will fail and mentioning the "cheerful" telegrams received from the Dardanelles.

Letter from Augustine Birrell (The Pightle, Sheringham, [Norfolk]) to WSC on the resignation of Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] [as First Sea Lord] and the failure of the Dardanelles campaign. Believes WSC will recover from this set-back and criticises "this twopenny-halfpenny Coalition", advocating instead the formation of a war council from members of both parties to concern itself solely with war business whilst the existing Cabinet continued to manage its various departments.

Extract by Captain Alexander Davidson (HMS Cornwallis) from report by Rear-Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss [later Lord Wester Wemyss], praising the conduct of Naval personnel landing troops in theDardanelles. Signed typescript. Sent with CHAR 2/66/33-35.

Letter from Captain Alexander Davidson (HMS Cornwallis, Eastern Mediterranean Squadron) to WSC praising the naval operations in the Dardanelles initiated by him and his energetic management of the Navy in general. Describes his (Davidson's) role in the landing of the South Wales Borderers at Gallipoli, and sends extract of a report by Rear-Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss [later Lord Wester Wemyss][see CHAR 2/66/4].