Paris Peace Conf. 184/250: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Commission to Negotiate Peace
[Received 10 p.m.]
3997. For Polk from the Secretary of State. Your telegram No. 5592 of December 6, 10 p.m. [9 p.m.]. The President has agreed that under the circumstances Ambassador Wallace may sit on the Supreme Council on behalf of the United States as an observer but not as a participant. The Ambassador is being instructed in this sense and he is also being instructed to take no action and to express no opinion on any subjects which may be discussed but to report the proceedings to Washington and to await instructions. The Department is likewise giving to Ambassador Wallace full powers to sign the Roumanian minorities treaty and the Hungarian treaty. Ambassadors Grey and Jusserand have been informed of the above.