File No. 763.72119/1002a
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain ( Page)1
Please send by mail names of group of men from whom will probably be selected the representatives of the Government at the conference which will negotiate terms of peace after the war. Please give full biographical sketch of each man named, his political affiliations, views on international questions, and all other facts showing his probable attitude on subjects which may arise during the conference or influence his course of action. You will understand that this information is desired for distant future and has nothing whatever to do with present situation.
- The same telegram (unnumbered), on the same date, to the Ambassadors in France, Italy, Brazil, and Japan, and the Ministers in China, Cuba, Greece, Liberia, Panama, Portugal, Rumania, Siam, and Belgium, and the Special Agent in Corfu.↩