Office of the Historian

Paris Peace Conf. 840.48/15: Telegram

The Commission to Negotiate Peace to the Acting Secretary of State

Paris , January 12, 1919.

260. From Auchincloss. Your 198.72 Please inform Sherley that representatives interallied relief commission are Lord Reading Ambassador Great Britain to United States and Sir John Beale Chairman Wheat Executive London. We have no information regarding date of their appointment. They arrived in Paris January 10 and are already in conference.73 French representatives are Clementel, Minister of Commerce, and Vilgrain undersecretary of State for Supply. Their appointments date from December 31. No official advice regarding names of Italian representatives other than that they are on the way. Signor Attolico of the interallied Food Council, London, is authorized to act for them until their arrival and is likewise in conference.

Am[erican] Mission
  1. Supra. ↩
  2. The first meeting of this body, known as the Supreme Council of Supply and Relief, was held at Paris on Jan. 11, 1919, at 3 p.m. On Feb. 25, 1919, the name of the Council was changed to the “Food Section of the Supreme Economic Council.” For minutes of its meetings, see the records of the Supreme Economic Council.↩