Daily letters to wife and children, two in German, from the Committee of Experts on Reparations conference, on the journey to Paris, companions, family affairs and the progress of the conference, 'as good a start as we could expect', 12 February, 'a deadlock threatens', 17 February, 'We have in fact reached a critical stage', 18 February, 'at last we are moving', 28 February, 'I said to Schact [sic] (in my arrogance) if they would give us the authority I believe we could settle the matter between us in the train to Berlin. I am sure we could' he said with a sigh', 21 March, 'a bad check', 26 March, 'decided on an independent British action', 27 March. From Paris