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SUMMARY:British Intelligence and the 1916 Mediation Mission of Colonel Edw
 ard House - Daniel Larsen (Christ's College)
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CONTACT:Ilya Berkovich
DESCRIPTION:In early 1916\, American President Woodrow Wilson dispatched a
 cross the Atlantic his close personal confidant\, Colonel Edward House\, i
 n a bid to bring the Great War to a close. House successfully negotiated a
  secret pact with Great Britain known as the House-Grey Memorandum\, that\
 , if it had been activated\, would have ultimately led to the convening of
  a peace conference under the auspices of American mediation. As House did
  so\, however\, the head of British naval intelligence\, Captain Reginald 
 Hall\, who had a history of misusing intelligence to serve his own politic
 al ends\, was working hard to uncover House's intentions and obtained decr
 ypts of his telegrams. This paper will examine the British response to the
  House-Grey Memorandum and identifies the role that Hall may have played i
 n the ultimate decision not to activate the agreement.
LOCATION:Seminar Room N7\, Pembroke College
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