Office of the Historian

Paris Peace Conf. 863.50/36: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Commission to Negotiate Peace

Washington , December 19, 1918—8 p.m.
[Received December 20—8:53 a.m.]

59. Following received from Italian Embassy:

[Here follows the text of the Italian Ambassador’s note of November 22, 1918, printed on page 635.]

Wartraboard expresses himself [itself] as opposed to proposed shipments until necessary relief measures by Mr. Hoover are determined. Department assumes you will prefer to communicate your decision to Italian Government from Paris.

Polk