Leon Vaubois

René Vaubois

The head of the French Deuxième Bureau, a friend and colleague of Sir Gerald Tarrant.

- MB -

Vaubois arranges for the French media to learn about the recovery of the stolen Watteau painting.

- ST -

Vaubois is the target of two assassination attempts initiated by [Jack Wish]], both defeated by Modesty and Willie, after he fails to pay Seff’s protection money.

- IL -

Vaubois alerts Modesty to the fact that Gabriel and McWhirter have been spotted in Beauvais.

- TFD -

Vaubois provides Tarrant with information regarding the location of Ilona Novikov following the death of her husband.

- IV -

Modesty visits Vaubois, now the head of Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire, so that she can identify the three men who attempted to kill Quinn before he could reveal whatever he might know about the abduction of Sir Gerald Tarrant. When Modesty and Willie fail to report in after going to the Chateau Lancieux to rescue Tarrant, Vaubois goes to the site in a helicopter, after being notified by Fraser.

- SM -

Vaubois informs Jack Fraser that John Ryan has killed himself inside Lubyanka Prison.

- DC -

Vaubois provides Modesty and Willie with information about Bernard Martel and his brother Georges.

- XT -

One of Vaubois’s best SDECE operatives is sent to infiltrate The Watchmen. After ten days without contact, he is presumed dead.

- NM -

Note: when Vaubois is mentioned (in passing) in Modesty Blaise and in Chapter 3 of Sabre-Tooth, his first name is given as Léon. By Chapter 9 of Sabre-Tooth, the name has changed to René.