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artappraiser — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 07:15:52 +0000

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Keynes was part of the

Flavius — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 06:45:27 +0000

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Keynes was part of the British delegation at Versailles and later described to a Bloomsbury discussion group how he

violated his instructions to resolve a needless impasse.

In mid stream-sort of a pun- the Admiralty suddenly instructed the negotiators that the German civilian fleet should be turned over to Allied control. Of course the German famine was intense in 1918 and that fleet had been unable to sale for any reason for 5 years.

(Also discussed in length in "Gossip from the forest" the fascinating description of the Nov 1918 armistice negotiations by the author of Schindler's List. )

The Brit negotiators at Versailles agreed among themselves to interpret the Admiralty instructions as only requiring a pro forma take over. But not to be revealed as such to the other side.

Meanwhile ,in the discussions to that point Keynes had come to been impressed by the participation from one of the Germans. As he later learned , a Jewish banker.

When the Admiralty requirement was put on the table it caused an impasse. Keynes was frustrated to see the negotiations stalled by the introduction of an imaginary issue.

Happening to leave the elevator in parallel with the banker they walked ,silently as required . Until passing Keynes room. With a nod he indicated the banker should join him . Inside ,Keynes advised him to accept the fleet take over requirement .The German said that the key German requirement at Versailles was to for those ships to import the food to end the famine. No fleet , no peace.

Keynes explained that it was a requirement with substance, Essentially the German harbor pilot after leaving port would give the control of the ship to a Brit officer who would immediately turn it back to a German.

The banker used Keynes phone to call the by then new Socialist Chancellor . He agreed and Keynes and the banker separately returned to the negotiations which were successful.

Although Keynes had the British upper class genteel anti semitism he and the banker formed a relationship which lasted for 15 years. Throughout which both governments used them as a back channel to resolve disputes.

Until Adolph.

Tolerance by E. M. Forster

artappraiser — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 17:21:28 +0000

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Keynes was part of the

Tolerance by E. M. Forster