Memorandum
Title
Memorandum
Creator
Auchincloss, Gordon, 1886-1943
Identifier
WWP25234
Date
1918 October 4
Description
British willing to publish the Sisson Papers though some think they are fake.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Wiseman, William, Sir, 1885-
Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921
Balfour, Arthur James, 1848-1930
Contributor
Morgan Willer
Relation
WWP25233
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
MEMORANDUM
Sir William Wiseman told me today that he had had a message from Mr. Balfour to the following effect:
The English experts and authorities had gone over carefully the Sisson papers and had come to the definite conclusion that they were forgeries. Consequently the British Government were very reluctant to publish them. Mr. Barclay had been instructed to advise the American Government that if the United States, in view of this information, still wish these papers to be published, the British Government would be willing to publish them after British subjects had been withdrawn from regions occupied by the Bolshiviks. The British Government will be glad if they could be advised of the reasons which influence the United States Government in requesting that these papers be published.
Mr. Balfour wished the President to be advised that he would have these papers published if he, the President, wished it, in spite of the opinion of the British authorities that the papers were forgeries.
GA
Sir William Wiseman told me today that he had had a message from Mr. Balfour to the following effect:
The English experts and authorities had gone over carefully the Sisson papers and had come to the definite conclusion that they were forgeries. Consequently the British Government were very reluctant to publish them. Mr. Barclay had been instructed to advise the American Government that if the United States, in view of this information, still wish these papers to be published, the British Government would be willing to publish them after British subjects had been withdrawn from regions occupied by the Bolshiviks. The British Government will be glad if they could be advised of the reasons which influence the United States Government in requesting that these papers be published.
Mr. Balfour wished the President to be advised that he would have these papers published if he, the President, wished it, in spite of the opinion of the British authorities that the papers were forgeries.
GA
Original Format
Memorandum
Files
Collection
Citation
Auchincloss, Gordon, 1886-1943, “Memorandum,” 1918 October 4, WWP25234, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.