Office of the Historian

File No. 763.72119/2697

The Secretary of State to the Lithuanian National Council

Washington, November 18, 1918.

Gentlemen: The Department has received your communication of November 14 and has the honor to inform you that the points which are raised in the communication relative to the aspirations for Lithuanian independence have been carefully noted and will receive due consideration in connection with similar questions which will require attention in negotiations for a general peace which will prove lasting.

I am [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:
William Phillips