Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, The Paris Peace Conference, 1919, Volume I

763.72119/3512

The Secretary of the Commission to Negotiate Peace ( Grew ) to the Acting Secretary of State

Paris , January 9, 1919.
[Received January 24.]

Sir: With reference to your telegram No. 127, of January 7th, 4 p.m.,¹⁹ I beg to confirm my reply of even date,¹⁹ stating that the Confidential Bulletin of the Commission was discontinued after No. 7 had been issued, as it was found preferable to convey to the Commissioners by word of mouth, rather than by a printed bulletin, the intelligence received by the Commission. This is done by Mr. Bullitt, who receives all incoming intelligence and communicates a digest thereof orally to each of the Commissioners in a daily personal conference.

As a matter of record, I enclose the seven issues of the Confidential Bulletin, as well as a copy of the Official Bulletin,²⁰ which preceded the Confidential Bulletin and of which only one number was published.

I have [etc.]

J. C. Grew

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