"The real control behind high politics
has no responsibility to the
electorate."
Prime
Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great
Britain (left) and Governor of The Bank
of England Montague Norman in 1932
Interesting article in the Ottawa
Citizen on January 5, 1939. Reporting on
the governor of
the Bank of England governor Montagu
Norman's trip to German to discuss loans
to the Nazis.
"Germany is reported to be in need
of more financial credit abroad. On
previous occasions,
loans have been arranged in London
to assist the Nazi administration.
Immediately after
one such loan, British armament
firms advertised in German
newspapers offering to build
tanks, bombers and other machinery
of death for German use. There is
the closest
co-operation between international
finance and international armament
enterprises."
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They all came together at the Bank for international settlement in Basle, Switzerland,
Replyalso during the war. It says that Norman was a close fried of Hjalmar Schacht and the godfather to one of Schacht´s children.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montagu_Norman,_1st_Baron_Norman