Paris Peace Conf. 185.1/34
The Secretary General of the Commission to Negotiate Peace (Grew) to the American Secretaries of the Commissions and Committees on the Peace Conference
Subject: Possible Violations of any of the President’s Declarations in Committee or Commission Reports.
On Tuesday, March 11, a request was made by the American Commissioners that the American Representative or Representatives on each of the Committees or Commissions appointed by the Peace Conference or by the Council of Ten be instructed to report to the American Delegation before the arrival of the President in what respect (if any) the report of his Committee violates (if it does violate) any of the President’s declarations and to state the justification therefor.28
In order to comply with this request it will be necessary for you to submit to me either by mail or in person, if possible, before twelve o’clock on Thursday, March 13, such a report as you may have to [Page 523] make on behalf of the American Representatives on the Committee in which you are acting as Secretary.
If the work of your Committee or Commission has not sufficiently progressed to admit of the preparation of such a report by the time indicated, I shall be glad to receive information from you to that effect.
I shall greatly appreciate your co-operation in this matter in order that I may have a full report to make to the members of the American Commission before the arrival of the President on Thursday evening.