Paris Peace Conf. 184.00101/148
Minutes of the Daily Meetings of the Commissioners Plenipotentiary, Tuesday, September 2, 1919
- Present:
- Mr. Polk
- Mr. White
- General Bliss
- Mr. Harrison
I. The Commissioners approved the final list to be sent to the Secretariat General of the Peace Conference in response to their letter of the 7th August, regarding plaques to commemorate the work of the Peace Conference. List for Plaques
II. The Commissioners approved the employment of Captain Reginald Norris on the terms stated in Memorandum No. 563, as assistant to Mr. Dresel on financial and economic work. Employment of Captain Norris
III. The Commissioners approved the request for demobilization of Captain Yale at the latest moment possible and his employment by the Mission on a salary equal to the remuneration he now receives as a captain in the Army. The Commissioners also approved Captain Yale’s request for a week’s leave of absence, commencing September 4. Employment of Captain Yale
IV. In regard to the request of certain American newspaper correspondents for permission to send their mail reports by pouch from points in Central Europe, the Commissioners decided that the American newspaper correspondents in question should be informed that couriers would carry their reports if sent unsealed in a special bag, which would be provided for that purpose. American Press Correspondents’ Use of Commission Wires and Pouches
As regards the use of the Commission’s wires by American press correspondents, the Commissioners decided that they should be permitted to send a restricted number of words per day from those points where there was no local censorship in force. For instance, as there was a censorship established by the Roumanians in Budapest they could not be sent from there, but they might send their messages to Vienna, from whence they could be sent on to Paris.