Cablegram from General Bliss
Title
Cablegram from General Bliss
Creator
Bliss, Tasker Howard, 1853-1930
Identifier
WWP25378
Date
1918 November 1
Description
War Council agrees to terms of Austrian surrender and tells to House to tell President Wilson.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938
World War, 1914-1918
Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920). Supreme War Council
Contributor
Anna Phillips
Relation
WWP25376
WWP25377
WWP25379
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
C A B L E G R A M
Received at the War Department November 1, 1918. at 2:29 AM
B 7 CO Versailles.
The Adjutant General, Washington.
3 -THB October 31st.
Confidential. For Secretary of War and Chief of Staff.
Supreme War Council tonight agreed on terms of armistice with Austria-Hungary and charged Colonel House with communicating it to the President. Considered important that this should precede armistice with Germany.
Bliss.
Copy for Chief of Staff.
Received at the War Department November 1, 1918. at 2:29 AM
B 7 CO Versailles.
The Adjutant General, Washington.
3 -THB October 31st.
Confidential. For Secretary of War and Chief of Staff.
Supreme War Council tonight agreed on terms of armistice with Austria-Hungary and charged Colonel House with communicating it to the President. Considered important that this should precede armistice with Germany.
Bliss.
Copy for Chief of Staff.
Original Format
Letter
To
Bliss, Tasker Howard, 1853-1930
Files
Collection
Citation
Bliss, Tasker Howard, 1853-1930, “Cablegram from General Bliss,” 1918 November 1, WWP25378, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.