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November 12, 1917. I I walked to the Embassy this morning to see Page in order to ask his ad- vice <add>concerning</add> <del/> several matters, about which I thought he would like to be con- sulted. I also saw Irwin Laughlin for a few moments. Massingham of The Nation was my first caller at Chesterfield House. He thanked me cordially for having used my good offices in getting the ban lifted from his publication. I do not know where he got his information but he knew of my endeavors. Massingham gave me <add>an <gap reason=�illegible�> into</add> <del>some information of</del> the situation here which I consider valuable. I was sorry not to have a longer time with him, but it was necessary for him to make way for General, Sir William Robert- son. Robertson is a plain, forceful soldier without polish but without subti- fuge and seems to know his job. I was prepared to hear him criticise the proposed Supreme War Council of which he is not to be a member. General Wil- son, who is to be the military member, is not en rapport with either Robertson or Haig. Robertson talked to me in confidence, asking me not to repeat what he said. I asked if he had considered how dangerous it was to go much further in Asia Minor. I feared a disaster might happen to the British there similar to that which came to the Italians on the Piave. He assured me they had no intention of pushing beyond the safety line. He said the Turks had become rather assertive and it was necessary to give them "a dressing down". When that was done, nothing further, at the moment, was contemplated. I found him against dividing the Allied forces into the several expeditions this, that or the other one thought advisable. He wishes to concentrate on the Western Front, and he believes in the British having control of their own forces without regard to France, for they might have to stand alone against the enemy. <del/> He seems to have the pre-war British prejudice against
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