Secret Funds: Use by British Overseas Missions. Use by Overseas Missions - Countries A-J

A file of letters and receipts for the use of the secret funds by British diplomatic missions. Amongst the items included in this file are pensions and payments to the dependents of deceased employees; loans to diplomatic staff to help through financial difficulties; correspondence covering the shipment of arms from Guatemala to the Congo and Persian Gulf; expense claims for the intelligence bureaus in Emden and Bremerhaven; a discussion of the expenses of the Marseille bureau, and whether the changing international situation meant it had become unnecessary; a lapse in security leading to the accidental leakage of diplomatic intelligence to the Russian government; a possible security risk posed by the Portuguese ambassador to London’s wife; the expense claims for intelligence bureaus in Peking and Canton, including the prices charged by informants and agents; the costs of renovating embassy buildings; and the expense claims of the British consul in Pernambuco.