Woodrow Wilson to Robert Lansing
Title
Woodrow Wilson to Robert Lansing
Creator
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Identifier
WWP25163
Date
1918 September 5
Description
President Wilson has a high opinion of Walter Lippmann but wants to keep control over propaganda.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
World War, 1914-1918--United States
Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974
Contributor
Morgan Willer
Relation
WWP25161
WWP25162
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
CONFIDENTIAL
My dear Mr. Secretary:
Thank you for your memorandum about Captain Lippmann. I have a high opinion of Lippmann, but I am very jealous in the matter of propaganda. I would not think of interfering with the activities of the War Department’s intelligence agents, but I want to keep the matter of publicity entirely in my own hands, and I would be very much obliged to you if you would upon every proper occasion let that be known to our diplomatic and other representatives abroad.
I am writing today to the War Department to ask about their propaganda.
Cordially and faithfully yours,
[Woodrow Wilson]
Hon. Robert Lansing,
Secretary of State.
My dear Mr. Secretary:
Thank you for your memorandum about Captain Lippmann. I have a high opinion of Lippmann, but I am very jealous in the matter of propaganda. I would not think of interfering with the activities of the War Department’s intelligence agents, but I want to keep the matter of publicity entirely in my own hands, and I would be very much obliged to you if you would upon every proper occasion let that be known to our diplomatic and other representatives abroad.
I am writing today to the War Department to ask about their propaganda.
Cordially and faithfully yours,
[Woodrow Wilson]
Hon. Robert Lansing,
Secretary of State.
Original Format
Letter
To
Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928
Files
Collection
Citation
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Woodrow Wilson to Robert Lansing,” 1918 September 5, WWP25163, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.