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on the surface. This combination of finance and politics 

had been a trademark of the Rothschilds from the very 

beginning. The House of Rothschild always knew more 

than could be found in the papers and even more than 

could be read in the reports which arrived at the Foreign 

Office. In other countries also the relations of the 

Rothschilds extended behind the throne. Not until 

numerous diplomatic publications appeared in the years 

after the war did a wider public learn how strongly Alfred 

de Rothschild’s hand affected the politics of Central 

Europe during the twenty years before the war (World 

War I)."

With the control of the money came the control of the news media. 

Kent Cooper, head of the Associated Press, writes in his 

autobiography, Barriers Down,

"International bankers under the House of Rothschild 

acquired an interest in the three leading European 

agencies."51

Thus the Rothschilds bought control of Reuters International News 

Agency, based in London, Havas of France, and Wolf in Germany, 

which controlled the dissemination of all news in Europe.

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50 Paul Emden, Behind The Throne, Hoddard Stoughton, London, 1934

51 Kent Cooper, Barriers Down, pg. 21

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