Miscellaneous papers, 1914-1924

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MS. Asquith 133

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Chiefly typescript, but a few printed. Found mainly amongst the printed government papers (MSS. Asquith 111-132). Some are undated and have been given a tentative date. The more important are:

(fol. 9) a paper on the proposed Dardanelles operations (?late 1914 or early 1915)
(fol. 12) Lloyd George's memorandum urging operations in the Balkans and against Turkey, Dec. 1914
(fol. 21) papers about armaments production, n.d. (?early 1915)
(fol. 31) notes on the financial situation (?by John Maynard Keynes), Oct. 1915 (used by Asquith in his Commons statement of 2 Nov.)
(fol. 35) notes by Sir Charles Harris on the cost of the army, and observations thereon by Lord Reading, Nov. 1915
(fol. 41) notes by Churchill on the Dardanelles operations, Nov. 1915
(fol. 47) a paper on the situation in Greece, n.d. (?Dec. 1915-Jan. 1916)
(fol. 55) statistics of troops engaged in the war, n.d.
(fol. 58) reports on conditions in prisoner of war camps in Germany with a letter by Lord Robert Cecil, Jan. 1916
(fol. 65) memorandum (?by John Maynard Keynes) on British financial assistance to France, Jan. 1916
(fol. 67) two papers by Walter Long on compulsory military service, Apr. 1916
(fol. 71) a Board of Trade memorandum on the alleged intention of Germany to carry on an economic war, n.d. [1916]
(fol. 74) memorandum by Long entitled 'Release of enlisted men from civil obligations', n.d.(?June 1916)
(fol. 79) various papers relating to the Mesopotamian campaign, July 1916
(fol. 93) a memorandum (endorsed 'H.Samuel' by Asquith) containing 'suggestions for a re-allocation of the functions of the Home,Office, Board of Trade and Local Government Board', n.d. (?1916)
(fol. 95) a draft resolution on redistribution of parliamentary representation, Nov. 1916
(fol. 97) reports of the army court of inquiry set up to inquire into the cases of 2nd lieutenant Patrick Barrett and honorary lieutenant-colonel Owen Thomas, with related papers, Nov. 1916
(fol. 294) papers relating to the Dardanelles Commission, 1917
(fol. 330) programme for Asquith's visit to the front in France [Sept. 1917]
(fol. 332) Asquith's copy of the Bryce report on reform of the Second Chamber (with occasional underlinings), Apr. 1918
(fol. 344) two printed papers on shell output during the whole of the war (perhaps connected with Asquith's controversy with French, 1919)
(fol. 348) a printed government paper on the Dawes Plan, July 1924