The Sleepwalkers

Sir Edward Gray just called me upon the telephone and asked whether I thought I could give an assurance in the event of France remaining neutral in a war between Russia and Germany we should not attack the French.
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Sir Edward Gray wants this afternoon make proposals for England's neutrality even in the event of our being at war with France as well as with Russia.
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...the proposal that France and Germany should maintain an armed stand-off is unambiguously instantiated in the documents.

- The Sleepwalkers

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