Woodrow Wilson to Robert Lansing
Title
Woodrow Wilson to Robert Lansing
Creator
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Identifier
WWP25523
Date
1918 November 22
Description
President Wilson does not want to follow Bullitt's advice.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Bullitt, William C. (William Christian), 1891-1967
Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920)
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
CONFIDENTIAL
My dear Mr. Secretary:
I return this memorandum of Bullitt’s after giving it very careful consideration. I like it, if there were time to carry it out. You will notice frp, the dispatchs that it is not proposed to assemble the constituent body in Germany until January, or even later. If we made the demands that Bullitt suggests, we would therefore have to wait for German representatives in the conference until after the conference had been for a long time in session. It is for this reason that I think it would hardly be wise to do what he proposes.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
[Woodrow Wilson]
Hon. Robert Lansing,
Secretary of State.
Enclosure
My dear Mr. Secretary:
I return this memorandum of Bullitt’s after giving it very careful consideration. I like it, if there were time to carry it out. You will notice frp, the dispatchs that it is not proposed to assemble the constituent body in Germany until January, or even later. If we made the demands that Bullitt suggests, we would therefore have to wait for German representatives in the conference until after the conference had been for a long time in session. It is for this reason that I think it would hardly be wise to do what he proposes.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
[Woodrow Wilson]
Hon. Robert Lansing,
Secretary of State.
Enclosure
Original Format
Letter
To
Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928
Files
Collection
Citation
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Woodrow Wilson to Robert Lansing,” 1918 November 22, WWP25523, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.