Fontainebleau Memorandum
The Fontainebleau Memorandum is the name given to a document written by
Paris Peace Conference, 1919 that was drafting the Treaty of Versailles. It was titled ‘Some Considerations for the Peace Conference Before They Finally Draft Their Terms, March 25th, 1919’.[1]
Lloyd George and the
Maurice Hankey and Philip Kerr retired to Fontainebleau to decide what kind of peace treaty they would like to see.[3]
The memorandum called for a peace based on justice that would not provoke future wars. It also warned of the danger of provoking Germany into becoming Bolshevik and it endorsed the creation of a League of Nations to ensure international right and the abolition of competitive armaments.[1]
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Notes
- ^ a b Jones, Thomas (1951). "Prime Minister in Peace 1918-22". Lloyd George. London: Oxford University Press. p. 171.
- ^ David Lloyd George, The Truth about the Peace Treaties. Volume I (London: Victor Gollancz, 1938), p. 403.
- ^ Lloyd George, pp. 403-404.
