Yeah, the implausible part seems to be not so much that it was proposed, but that it got actual backing, as opposed to being something that a young, desperate, imprisoned Fritz came up with out of his own head, to which all the adults went, "...Or not."

Grumbkow: "alarmed"
Eugene: "peculiar"
FW: "less impressed," "hurt"

Haha.

I'm glad my timetable pleases! :D