Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Maurice Hankey (Committee of Imperial Defence) to WSC (41 Cromwell Road) enclosing secretary's notes [minutes] of meetings of the War Council [see CHAR 2/86/2-6] and stating the stipulations of the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later Lord Oxford and Asquith] that they should be returned as soon as WSC has finished with them and that they should not be shown to anyone else. Asks WSC to frame his evidence to the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry in such a way as not to show that he has seen the notes. Signed typescript.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of a War Council on 28 Jan 1915 on France and Egypt, Nyassaland, East Africa, the "Konigsberg", the Press Bureau, the Zeebrugge [Belgium] Project, co-ordination of effort by the Allies, the Dardanelles, high explosives and the naval campaign. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, July 1916. Sent with CHAR 2/86/1.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting on 28 Jan 1915 of a sub committee of the War Council to consider the despatching of British troops to another theatre should the position on the Western Front be one of stalemate in the spring. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, July 1916. Sent with CHAR 2/86/1.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a War Council meeting on 28 Jan 1915 on the general policy of the war, gunboats for the Danube, naval attack on Zeebrugge [Belgium] and the Dardanelles. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, July 1916. Sent with CHAR 2/86/1.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a War Council meeting on 19 Feb 1915 on the Dardanelles. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, July 1916. Sent with CHAR 2/86/1.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a War Council meeting on 26 Feb 1915 on the Dardanelles. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, July 1916. Sent with CHAR 2/86/1.

Heading of the conclusions of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 7 June 1915. The conclusions themselves have been removed. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 12 Jun 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 17 Jun 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 25 Jun 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 5 July 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 24 July 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 27 Oct 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 19 Aug 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 20 Aug 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 27 Aug 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 31 Aug 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 3 Sep 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 23 Sep 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 24 Sep 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 29 Sep 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 30 Sep 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 4 Oct 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 6 Oct 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 7 Oct 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 11 Oct 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 14 Oct 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 21 Oct 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 25 Oct 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.