Copy of Telegram

Title

Copy of Telegram

Creator

Davis, John William

Identifier

WWP25324

Date

1918 October 25

Description

Quotes from Ludendorf about how armistice will strengthen imperialist German view.

Source

Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers

Publisher

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum

Subject

World War, 1914-1918--Armistices
Ludendorff, Erich, 1865-1937

Contributor

Danna Faulds

Relation

WWP25320
WWP25321
WWP25322
WWP25323

Language

English

Provenance

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

Text

COPY OF TELEGRAM

The Hague,
Dated October 25, 1918.
Received October 26, 4:55 a. M.

CODE

Milstaff,
Washington.

No. 289, October 25.

Further from Ludendorf’s secretary. See my cable immediately preceding. “Accomplished armistice will mean new hope to Germany especially to the Prussian imperialists. We hope that negotiations will start quarrels among the Allied Powers. Allied forces are three times our strength and the damned Americans are sending fresh troops constantly.

“Ludendorf dictated, to this secretary, certain notes for his diary as his justification after the war; says that ‘What were they thinking about to appoint von Baden chancellor with his pronounced conservative sentiments and so little suited to the supple profession of a diplomat.’ “.

Pershing informed.

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D A V I S

Original Format

Letter

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/WWI1283D.pdf

Collection

Citation

Davis, John William, “Copy of Telegram,” 1918 October 25, WWP25324, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.