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Papers of Sir Vincent Caillard, Financial Director of Vickers Ltd: File VII, Folios 186-260

1 Jan 1917

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 a letter recording a meeting with the Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, at which he discussed the international situation and the possibility of making peace with Turkey; reports of meetings between Zaharoff and Abdul Kerim, representing Enver Pasha, about the present state of Turkey, and the possibility of Turkey making a separate peace; letters recording doubts within the British government about this venture, and its eventual failure; arrangements for the transfer of money from Britain to the renegade Turks; letters reporting Turkish strategic plans in Mesopotamia; press cuttings about French and Russian involvement in Greece, and Turkish diplomacy; and discussions of decorations for Zaharoff, and his endowment of a university chair in aeronautics.
armenia turkey politics france serbia egypt syria bulgaria hungary poland greece germany russia austria denmark diplomacy finances foreign policy ireland italy lithuania romania sweden switzerland england palestine other military intelligence agents intelligence gathering foreign office intelligence funding intelligence operations permanent under-secretary's department mesopotamia press reports peace proposals treachery turkish army battle plans imperial germany
Collection ID
FO1093
Conflict
Other
Countries
Armenia Austria Bulgaria Denmark Egypt England France Germany Greece Hungary Imperial Germany Ireland Italy Lithuania Mesopotamia Palestine Poland Romania Russia Serbia Sweden Switzerland Syria Turkey
Document Reference
FO 1093/52/2
Document Types
Correspondence Other
File Reference
FO 1093/52
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0052.002
Keywords
Agents Treachery Turkish Army Diplomacy Peace Proposals Foreign Policy Finances Press Reports Politics Intelligence Gathering Battle Plans Military Intelligence
Languages
English
Organizations
Foreign Office Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
Pages
141
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Intelligence Operations Intelligence Funding

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