File No. 763.72/7922½
The Special Representative ( House) to President Wilson
[Received 3.11 p.m.]
I find the French Prime Minister a firm believer in unity of military direction but doubtful of the plan suggested by his predecessor and the British Prime Minister which resulted in the formation of the Supreme War Council. I believe something more practical [Page 318] must be worked out and [this] Bliss and I are trying to do. The French Prime Minister assures me that he will cordially cooperate. The French Chief of Staff and the Prime Minister will confer with Bliss and me this afternoon upon the subject.
I am refusing to be drawn into any of their controversies, particularly those concerning war aims of a territorial nature. We must, I think, hold to the broad principles you have laid down and not get mixed in the small and selfish ones.