APPENDIX B
THE CRISIS OF DECEMBER, 1916
The Correspondence between Mr. Asquith and Mr. Lloyd George
Memorandum of Mr. Lloyd George to Prime Minister, December 1st, 1916.
War Office, Whitehall, S.W.
1. That the War Committee consist of three members—two of whom must be the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Secretary of State for War, who should have in their offices deputies capable of attending to and deciding all departmental business—and a third Minister without portfolio. One of the three to be Chairman.
2. That the War Committee shall have full powers, subject to the supreme control of the Prime Minister, to direct all questions connected with the war.
3. The Prime Minister, in his discretion, to have the power to refer any question to the Cabinet.
4. Unless the Cabinet, in reference by the Prime Minister, reverses decision of the War Cabinet, that decision to be carried out by the Department concerned.
5. The War Committee to have the power to invite any Minister and to summon the expert advisers and officers of any Department to its meetings.
10 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.