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Paris Peace Conference 180.03401/62

Notes of a Meeting held at President Wilson’s house in the Place des Etats-Unis, Paris, on Thursday, June 12th [, 1919,] at 4 p.m.

Paris, June 12, 1919, 4 p.m.
[Extract]

C. F. 62

  • Present:—United States of America: President Wilson.—British Empire: The Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd George, M.P.—France: M. Clemenceau.—Italy: M. Orlando.—Japan: Baron Makino.
Lt. Col. Sir Maurice Hankey, K.C.B. } Secretaries.
Count Aldrovandi
Prof. P. J. Mantoux—Interpreter.

Russia. Further telegram to Admiral Koltchak

1. With reference to C. F. 61, Minute 4, the attached telegram prepared by Mr. Philip Kerr to Admiral Koltchak was approved and signed.

Sir Maurice Hankey was instructed to forward it immediately to the Secretary-General to be telegraphed, on behalf of the Conference, to Admiral Koltchak (Appendix I).

It was further agreed:

That the whole of the telegrams interchanged between the Allied and Associated Powers and Admiral Koltchak should be published in the newspapers the following day.

Baron Makino while assenting with his Colleagues to the above telegram said he would like to have gone further and to have recognised Admiral Koltchak. Nevertheless it was a step in the right direction.

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Mr. Lloyd George said that the Allied and Associated Governments could not yet recognise Admiral Koltchak for the whole of Russia.

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[Enclosure]

Reply to Admiral Kolchak

Appendix I to C. F. 62.

The Allied and Associated Powers wish to acknowledge receipt of Admiral Koltchak’s reply to their note of May 26th. They welcome the tone of that reply, which seems to them to be in substantial agreement with the propositions which they had made, and to contain satisfactory assurances for the freedom, self-government, and peace of the Russian people and their neighbours. They are therefore willing to extend to Admiral Koltchak and his associates the support set forth in their original letter.

  • D. Lloyd George
  • Woodrow Wilson
  • G. Clemenceau
  • V. E. Orlando
  • N. Makino

June 12th 1919.