Colonel House to Woodrow Wilson
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[From House
In conversation with French Prime Minister this morning he stated that it was his purpose to work in harmony with the United States in all things (disregarding ?) he asked French Minister for Foreign Affairs who was present to be witness to the promise that he would not bring up any matter at the peace conference that he had not discussed with us, and the inference was clear that if we disagreed he would yield to our wishes and judgment. He declared that it was not our financial and economic assistance that France wanted as much as our moral approval. He thought we had opened a new and more splendid ethical era and France wished to stand with us in upholding it. He thought that the United States and France were the only nations willing to make an unselfish settlement. He begs that this conversation and promise be held in confidence. ]