Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1919, Russia

Paris Peace Conference 180.03101/11

Secretary’s Notes of a Conversation, held in M. Pichon’s Room at the Quai d’Orsay, Paris, on Tuesday, January 21, 1919, at 10:30 a.m.

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• Present.—America, United States of: President Wilson, Mr. R. Lansing, Mr. A. H. Frazier, Col. U. S. Grant, Mr. L. Harrison.—British Empire: The Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd George, Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon. A. J. Balfour, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lieut.-Col. Sir M. P. A. Hankey, K.C.B., Secretary, War Cabinet, Mr. H. Norman, Capt. E. Abraham.—France: M. Clemenceau, President of the Council and Minister for War, M. Pichon, Minister for Foreign Affairs, M. Dutasta, M. Berthelot, Capt. A. Portier.—Italy: Signor Orlando, President of the Council, His Excellency Baron Sonnino, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Aldrovandi, Major A. Jones.—Japan: Baron Makino, His Excellency M. Matsui, M. Saburi.—Interpreter: Professor P. J. Mantoux

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13. Bolshevik overtures

President Wilson read to the meeting the telegraphic report annexed (Annex “A”) from Mr. Butler [Buckler], who had interviewed Litvinoff in Stockholm.²²

(It was agreed that this letter should also be translated and discussed at the afternoon meeting.)

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Villa Majestic,
Paris , January 21, 1919.

22. The report (not here printed) consisted of Mr. Buckler’s two telegrams transmitted by the Chargé in Denmark, nos. 116 and 118, Jan. 18 and Jan. 19, ante, pp. 15, 17.