Papers of Sir Vincent Caillard, Financial Director of Vickers Ltd: File III, Folios 54-137

A file of letters and memoranda from the papers of Sir Vincent Caillard, Financial Director of Vickers Ltd, recording the activities of the arms dealer Basil Zaharoff on behalf of Britain. Documents include instructions on the supply and feeding of the Greek troops at Salonika; letters describing Zaharoff’s setting-up of a press agency for the purpose of pro-allied propaganda; a proposal by Zaharoff to extend his operations to Romania, which was denied by the Prime Minister, H.H. Asquith; a cutting from a French newspaper about the Greek border situation; a proposal for the purchase of intelligence documents of an unspecified nature; details of an approach to Zaharoff by Abdul Kerim, a Turkish general who wished to cooperate with the allies; discussions of the progress of the war; a discussion of possible future intelligence missions to be undertaken by Zaharoff; and details of Zaharoff’s financial arrangements.