Files relating to relations between the Ministry of Munitions and foreign powers, 1916-1917, on (fols. 1-226) fact finding missions to Russia to investigate munitions production, 1916-1917, including (fols. 2-28, 118-128) diary of General Louis Jackson, 1916-1917, and (fols. 29-117) printed minutes of Allied Conference in Petrograd; (fols. 227-429) visit to France to examine munitions production, Jan. 1916, with (fols. 405-429) correspondence, Sept. 1916-Feb. 1917, on supply of munitions to Russia, France, Belgium, and Portugal, and (fols. 430-437) the German Imperial Bank and the German metal-buying Combination 'after the war', Apr. 1916.