 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mumakore okutanga ehondo, Grey akatarisira kutaurirana kwezvibvumirano zvakavanzika zvakakosha nevabatanidzwa vatsva Italy nevapanduki vechiArabhuuye neFrance neRussia Sykes-Picot Agreement iyo, pakati pezvimwe zvinhu, yakapa kutonga kwehondo yeTurkey Straits kuRussia. Zvikasadaro, Asquith naGrey kazhinji vaifarira kudzivisa kukurukura zvinangwa zvehondo nekutya kusimudza nyaya ingangopwanya Entente. Mugwaro rakanyorwa musi wa12 Kukadzi 1916, mukuru mukuru wemauto eImperial General Staff William Robertson akakurudzira kuti maAllies vape rugare rwakasiyana kuTurkey, kana kuti vape nharaunda yeTurkey kuBulgaria kuti vakurudzire Bulgaria kuputsa neCentral Powers uye kuita rugare, kuitira kuti vabvumire mauto eBritish munzvimbo iyoyo kuti aendeswezve kuGermany. Grey akapindura kuti Britain yaida shamwari dzayo dzomunyika dzakawanda kudarika dzaiida iye, uye zvido zveumambo hazvigoni kuisa pangozi semuenzaniso, nekuramba kuvimbisa kuti Russia yaifanira kuva nekutonga kweTurkey Straits kuti vangasarudza kuita rugare rwakasiyana, izvo zvaizosiya Germany ichitonga mukondinendi. 