Paris Peace Conf. 184.00101/119
Minutes of the Daily Meetings of the Commissioners Plenipotentiary, Tuesday, July 22, 1919
- Present:
- Mr. White
- General Bliss
- Mr. Harrison
I. Memorandum No. 493 regarding the authorization of further funds for the American Section of the Inter-Allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey was read.
Before approving the authorization of the $10,000 requested by Messrs. Crane and King, the Commissioners desired to be informed whether the Disbursing Officer of the Commission was in a position to make provision for this allotment. Further Funds for Messrs. Crane and King
II. Memorandum No. 494 from Mr. Coolidge to Mr. Grew regarding the arrangements which had been made by the former to sail on the 9th of August for the United States, “unless something absolutely unforeseen should come up in the interim”, was read and noted by the Commissioners. Mr. Coolidge Arranges To August 9th
III. The Commissioners approved the dispatch of a telegram to the State Department regarding the acceptance by the Finnish Government of the decision by the Peace Conference in regard to the Frontiers of Finland, submitted with memorandum No. 495. Frontiers of Finland
IV. General Bliss read a memorandum which he had received from Lieutenant Colonel Warwick Greene recommending that Colonel Dawley and 2nd Lieutenant Stonestreet be instructed to return to Paris. Recall of Col. Dawley and Lieut. Stonestreet to Paris
The Commissioners desired to suspend action on this recommendation until the receipt of a reply from the State Department to the Commission’s inquiry regarding the continuance of Field Missions.
V. The Commissioners approved the draft telegram submitted with memorandum No. 496 in reply to an inquiry from the State Department proposing a change in the regulations so as to allow Germans in the United States to return to Germany or to proceed to other countries. Permission for Germans in America To Return to Germany
The words in the telegram, “even by the French” should be modified in view of the statement made by M. Clemenceau at the meeting of the Council of Heads of Delegations yesterday to the effect that the French Chambers would probably ratify the Treaty with Germany in the first ten days of August.
The Commissioners also desired that a sentence be added to the telegram suggesting that the Department await the arrival of Mr. Lansing before taking final action in the matter.