Dollar Deceit: Britain and France Caught Off Guard by US Economic Uncertainty

London, February 2, 1935 – In a shocking turn of events, the Anglo-French conversations took a drastic shift from discussions on armaments to the stabilization of currency. Premier Pierre Flandin of France and British financial expert Sir Frederick Leith-Ross engaged in a long session, revealing Britain’s and France’s deep-seated worries over the future of the pound and the franc due to the uncertainty surrounding the US dollar.