1. The creation of the personal Secretariat or “Garden Suburb,” as it came to be called, is discussed in D. N. Chester (ed.), The Organization of British Central Government, 1914–1956 (London, 1968; 2nd edition), pp. 287–91, Thomas Jones, Whitehall Diary, I, pp. 16 (T.J. to Sir Henry Jones, 15 December 1916), 17 (T.J. to his wife, as with succeeding references, 29 December 1916), 19 (2 January 1917), 31 (18 April 1917), describes the various stages by which the Cabinet Secretariat, and particularly the personal Secretariat, were evolved. There is a sketchy account of Kerr’s role in J. R. M. Butler, Lord Lothian (London, i960), chapter IV, passim.
2. W.C. 606A, 5 August 1919, Cab. 23/15, ff. 147–171.
3. Memorandum by the General Staff (5 February 1920), “Present Situation in Germany,” D.B.F.P., I, ix, p. 41.
4. ibid., pp. 42–3.
5. An admiration which, significantly, was shared by the Secretary of War: Winston Churchill, The Aftermath, p. 201.