and approved at a British War Cabinet meeting on 2 November 1917. It was also decided that its headquarters would be in Versailles. 29 Nov to 3 Dec 1917 The first Interallied Conference in France took place in Paris at the Quai d'Orsay and at The Trianon Palace Hotel conference room in Versailles. This was the first appearance of Prime Minister Clemenceau, who took office on 14 November 1917. The four heads of state represented were Clemenceau, David Lloyd George, Vittorio Orlando, and Colonel Edward House (for President Woodrow Wilson). Supporting the four were their permanent military representatives: General Maxime Weygand (France), General Henry Wilson (UK), General Luigi Cadorna (Italy) and General Tasker Bliss (US). The conference ended with the drafting of eight resolutions. 29 Jan to 2 Feb 1918 The third SWC Interallied Conference was held at Versailles, just outside Paris. The Council agreed to a defensive plan on the Western Front for 1918 (because the Germans were being reinforced by troops from the now defunct Eastern Front, whilst US troops would not be deployed in strength until later in the year), with an offensive operation against Turkey. Maurice Hankey recorded of this meeting that the national Commanders-in-Chief, national Chiefs of Staff and PMRs "all gave different advice" creating "a worse state of chaos than I have ever known in all my wide experience". Lloyd George, whose main goal was to thwart Robertson and possibly prompted by the notes Henry Wilson (a rival of Robertson) was passing him across the table, blocked a suggestion by Foch (French Chief of Staff) that the proposed Allied General Reserve be controlled by the national Chiefs of Staff. It was eventually agreed that Foch should command the Reserve, with Wilson as his deputy. The General Reserve was to consist of 14 French, 9 British, and 7 Italian divisions. To streamline decision making, an Executive War Board was established, headed by General Ferdinand Foch, to command the General Reserve. Between the third and fourth SWC meetings, resistance to the General Reserve by British General William Robertson caused him to be replaced by Wilson. In early March, it was found that B.E.F. Commander Douglas Haig, also refused to follow the SWC order. Allied with General Petain and Prime Minister Clemenceau, both of whom opposed the measure, the advocates of a General Reserve were thwarted. With a massive attack from Germany thought to be imminent, Lloyd