Paris Peace Conf. 183.9 Uruguay/1: Telegram
The Commission to Negotiate Peace to the Acting Secretary of State
91. [From Lansing.] Your 124, December 24, 5:00 p.m. The American Commission regards with sympathy the desire of the South and Central American States which declared war on or broke relations with Germany to be represented at the Peace Conference; and while no assurances can be given in advance of the preliminary meetings of the delegates of the great powers, the American Commission will at the appropriate moment extend its good offices on behalf of its Latin-American neighbors falling within the foregoing categories. If your advice is asked, the advisability might be informally suggested to them of sending one or more delegates to Paris to be on the spot in case they are to be accorded representation at the Conference. You may assure them of our friendly interest. Lansing.