General Bliss to the Secretary of State

Title

General Bliss to the Secretary of State

Creator

Bliss, Tasker Howard, 1853-1930

Identifier

WWP25155

Date

1918 August 31

Description

Lippmann thinks Hoover should be High Commissioner to Britain and has some criticism of American propaganda.

Source

Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers

Publisher

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum

Subject

Propaganda--United States
Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974
World War, 1914-1918--United States

Contributor

Danna Faulds

Language

English

Provenance

Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.

Text

ERR SPECIAL GREEN.

Paris.
Dated August 31,1918.
Recd. Sept. 1, 6:25 a. m.

Secretary of State,
Washington.

131. August 31, 6 p. m.
Strictly confidential. For the Secretary of State and Colonel House. Captain Lippmann who has just retruned from England informs me that while in London Sir William Urall stated to him that (despite?) President’s (*) to pool all information which he could gather at the Foreign Office with some American representative at the Embassy in London he was apparently unable to find such a person amongst the staff of the Embassy. Lippmann suggests that Hoover would be an excellent man for the position of high commissioner Great Britain. He thinks it would be quite possible for Hoover to direct (readjustments?) in Europe as part of his regular functions. Lippmann has promised to give me a report on Monday for transmission to you on the shortcomings of our propaganda system in England where he has had an opportunity of studying it at close range. Frazier.

JHB BLISS.

(*) Apparent omission.

Original Format

Letter

To

Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/WWI1157.pdf

Collection

Citation

Bliss, Tasker Howard, 1853-1930, “General Bliss to the Secretary of State,” 1918 August 31, WWP25155, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.