Lloyd George, Churchill and Venizelos

British government and public views were important to Venizelos in promoting Greek aims and exploiting the sympathy of liberal quarters in Britain. The Anglo-Hellenic League, founded in 1913 by Professor Ronald Burrows and other sympathizers with the aim of promoting the 'just claims and honor of Greece' was a useful means of propaganda. Venizelos saw contact with the British government, especially Lloyd George, Chancellor, and Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, as a crucial part of his visit to London. His talks with them were facilitated by the banker and diplomat John Stavridi. Venizelos, Lloyd George and Churchill explored the possibility of a British-Greek entente based on Greece allowing the British fleet access to Argostoli in Cephalonia in return for British support for Greece's aims; or a general entente of which naval cooperation would be an element. These talks did not result in an agreement, but were the start of a close relationship between Lloyd George and Venizelos which was important to Greece during the Great War and after.