Paris Peace Conf. 184.00101/62
Minutes of the Daily Meetings of the Commissioners Plenipotentiary, Thursday, 1 May, 1919
May 1, 1919
- Present:
- Mr. Lansing
- Mr. White
- General Bliss
- Mr. Herter
- 1.
- Memorandum No. 259 was read with regard to a telegram recently received by Mr. Hoover from the representative of the American Relief Administration in Vienna, respecting certain military movements begun by the Jugo-Slavs in Carinthia. The Commissioners felt that the information contained in the telegram in question should be brought to the attention of the competent representative of the Jugo-Slavs in Paris with a statement to the effect that this information, if correct, might cause serious difficulties not only political, but also in regard to the economic arrangements of the American Relief Administration. Military Movement by Jugo-Slavs
- 2.
- Mr. Herter read a letter addressed by the President to Mr. Lansing regarding certain appeals which he had received from the so-called Montenegrin representatives in Paris, together with a suggested reply to the President. The Commissioners agreed that the draft of a reply in this matter was quite satisfactory to them, and was therefore signed by Mr. Lansing. Appeals From Montenegrins
- 3.
- Memorandum No. 260 was read respecting a suggestion made by Mr. Hoover with regard to the administration of the Duchy of Teschen. A suggested letter to the President was attached to this memorandum. The Commissioners agreed with the draft of the suggested letter, but proposed that in the last sentence the word “practicable” should be changed to “advisable” and that a sentence should be added at the end to read approximately “On the other hand, with the control of the food situation in this district, it would undoubtedly be possible to establish some sort of local constabulary, and it might likewise be possible to have a few Allied officers detailed who could assist this constabulary in a supervisory capacity.[”] Administration of Duchy of Teschen