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[[David Astor]] (died 2001) was editor of the [[Observer]] and a co-founder of Amnesty International.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1364660/David-Astor.html David Astor], Telegraph, 8 December 2001.</ref>

During World War Two, he formed the [[Europe Study Group]] formed to look at the problems of Europe and the prospects for a non-nationalist Germany, according to [[Stephen Dorril]]:
::At the core of the group were a number of emigré Germans destined to play a role in the [[EM|European Movement]], such as the future leader writer on the Observer, Richard 'Rix' Lowenthal. Interviewed for recruitment by [[MI6]], Astor was turned down for a full-time post but was subsequently used by MI6 officer [[Lionel Loewe]] to establish contact with the German opposition. Employed as the press officer in [[Lord Mountbatten]]'s [[Combined Operations Headquarters]] in London, Astor continued with his group, which drew on the ideas of the [[Cecil Rhodes]]-inspired [[Round Table Group]] and its belief that 'the British Empire should federate'.<ref>MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, by Stephen Dorril, Touchstone, 2002, p.456.</ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1364660/David-Astor.html David Astor], The Telgraph, 8 December 2001.</ref>

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 During World War Two, he formed the [[Europe Study Group]] to look at the problems of Europe and the prospects for a non-nationalist Germany, according to Stephen Dorril:
 ::At the core of the group were a number of emigré Germans destined to play a role in the [[EM|European Movement]], such as the future leader writer on the Observer, Richard 'Rix' Lowenthal. Interviewed for recruitment by [[MI6]], Astor was turned down for a full-time post but was subsequently used by MI6 officer [[Lionel Loewe]] to establish contact with the German opposition. Employed as the press officer in [[Lord Mountbatten]]'s [[Combined Operations Headquarters]] in London, Astor continued with his group, which drew on the ideas of the [[Cecil Rhodes]]-inspired [[Round Table Group]] and its belief that 'the British Empire should federate'.<ref>MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, by Stephen Dorril, Touchstone, 2002, p.456.</ref>
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 [[David Astor]] (died 2001) was editor of the [[Observer]] and a co-founder of Amnesty International.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1364660/David-Astor.html David Astor], Telegraph, 8 December 2001.</ref>
-During World War Two, he formed the [[Europe Study Group]] formed to look at the problems of Europe and the prospects for a non-nationalist Germany, according to [[Stephen Dorril]]:
+During World War Two, he formed the [[Europe Study Group]] to look at the problems of Europe and the prospects for a non-nationalist Germany, according to Stephen Dorril:
 ::At the core of the group were a number of emigré Germans destined to play a role in the [[EM|European Movement]], such as the future leader writer on the Observer, Richard 'Rix' Lowenthal. Interviewed for recruitment by [[MI6]], Astor was turned down for a full-time post but was subsequently used by MI6 officer [[Lionel Loewe]] to establish contact with the German opposition. Employed as the press officer in [[Lord Mountbatten]]'s [[Combined Operations Headquarters]] in London, Astor continued with his group, which drew on the ideas of the [[Cecil Rhodes]]-inspired [[Round Table Group]] and its belief that 'the British Empire should federate'.<ref>MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, by Stephen Dorril, Touchstone, 2002, p.456.</ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1364660/David-Astor.html David Astor], The Telgraph, 8 December 2001.</ref>