Robert Lansing to Woodrow Wilson

Title

Robert Lansing to Woodrow Wilson

Creator

Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928

Identifier

WWP22013

Date

1917 October 10

Source

Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers, 1786-1957

Text

MOST SECRET AND CONFIDENTIAL:

My dear Mr. President

Baron di Valentino, Secretary of the Italian Embassy, called upon me Monday as the Ambassador was ill, and told me of the substance of a communication from the Papal Secretary of State which he said had been handed to the English Minister at the Vatican ten days before. I asked him if the Ambassador would be willing to give me a copy of the communication and also the comments of Baron Sonnino on the subject. Yesterday evening he sent to my house the enclosed papers for my "Personal and Confidential" information.

I confess I am surprised that the British Government has not given us the text of this document. I think I shall ask the British Ambassador for an explanation.

Will you please, at your convenience, return these papers for my confidential file?

Faithfully yours,Robert Lansing


Enclosure:
The President.

To

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/WWI0763.pdf

Collection

World War I Letters

Citation

Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928, “Robert Lansing to Woodrow Wilson,” 1917 October 10, WWP22013, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.