Luhnow expressed no interest in it and tellingly objected to Hayek's “International Academy” because “experience has already proven in too many cases that it is almost impossible to keep control of organizations of this sort and, frankly, our main interest is in the proposition we outlined to you.” A modicum of control of any such organization was of paramount concern for its patrons: they were not willing to underwrite just any arbitrary conclave of self-identified political liberals.

Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, loc. 738