Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 29 o Aperira ka tutaki a Robertson ki tana kaiawhina o mua a Maj-Gen Maurice ki te matapaki i nga awangawanga, i rongo a Maurice e korero ana i te GHQ o Haig i te 15 o Aperira, na Lloyd George i pohehe te Whare o te Whare i te 9 o Aperira mo te ngoikore o te BEF i mua i te
Ko te "Michael" Tiamana e whakaeke ana. Mai i te horopaki (tuhi mai i a Robertson 29 me 30 Paenga-whawha) he maarama kei te kii a Robertson kia tuhi ia ki a Henry Wilson, ana, mena e tika ana ki te panui. I whakaaro tuatahi a Robertson kia korero ia ki a Asquith, te Kaiarahi o te Whakaaetanga, engari kaore a Maurice i pera (i runga i te whakaaro o John Grigg ka tohutohu pea a Asquith kia kaua e haere ki te panui), ana ka huri a Robertson i tona whakaaro i muri mai i taua ra ano. I tuhia e Maurice tana reta i te 2 o Mei engari kaore ano kia tukuna. I tuhituhi a Robertson ki a ia i te 4 o Mei, e tuhi ana kia kaua e nui te whakapono ki nga matapae tata o te hinganga o Lloyd George, me tino tupato a Maurice ki te tika o ana korero, me te taapiri: "Kei te whakaaro koe i tetahi mea nui <unk> ki to nama kore".