763.72119 P 43/1045a
The Secretary of State to President Wilson
My Dear Mr. President: As you are already aware, the necessity has become apparent for the establishment of a political intelligence service in connection with the American delegation to the Peace Conference and it would appear that an expenditure of at least $50,000 would be imperative. Will you not, therefore, allot to this Department the sum of $50,000 from the appropriation for “National Security and Defense” in order that steps may be taken in Paris immediately to organize such an intelligence service as the conditions seem to require?
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