Thursday, March 31, 2005

Telegraph | News | Lloyd George tried to bribe Turks out of Great War

"Lloyd George tried to bribe Turks out of Great War
(Filed: 01/04/2005)
A rare glimpse of what lies behind the cloak of secrecy surrounding the work of MI6 was granted yesterday with the release of 100 files at the National Archives at Kew.

...Lloyd George was prepared to pay $25 million in bribes through a secret agent to persuade Turkey to pull out of the First World War."

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