Woodrow Wilson to Frank L. Polk
Title
Woodrow Wilson to Frank L. Polk
Creator
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Identifier
WWP25109
Date
1918 August 8
Description
President advises the department counselor on what they should tell MacMurray in Asia.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
MacMurray, John Van Antwerp, 1881-1960
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
Contributor
Morgan Willer
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
My dear Mr. Counselor:
I think that with regard to the matter you discussed in the letter which I return with this, that this is one about which we ought to go very slowly and with a very careful preliminary determination of large questions of policy. I do not like what Mr. MacMurray reports with regard to the British and Japanese ministers, and I think they are going too fast. They are trying to scoop everything while the war is in course and are thereby making the difficulties of settlement when the war is over every day greater. My advice is that for the present we instruct MacMurray to protest against any present effort to settle questions of this kind.
Cordially and faithfully yours,
Hon. Frank L. Polk,
Acting Secretary of State.
I think that with regard to the matter you discussed in the letter which I return with this, that this is one about which we ought to go very slowly and with a very careful preliminary determination of large questions of policy. I do not like what Mr. MacMurray reports with regard to the British and Japanese ministers, and I think they are going too fast. They are trying to scoop everything while the war is in course and are thereby making the difficulties of settlement when the war is over every day greater. My advice is that for the present we instruct MacMurray to protest against any present effort to settle questions of this kind.
Cordially and faithfully yours,
Hon. Frank L. Polk,
Acting Secretary of State.
Original Format
Letter
To
Polk, Frank L. (Frank Lyon), 1871-1943
Collection
Citation
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Woodrow Wilson to Frank L. Polk,” 1918 August 8, WWP25109, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.