Paris Peace Conf. 184.013102/20: Telegram
Brigadier General George H. Harries to the Commission to Negotiate Peace
[Received April 27—1 p.m.]
20. From Dresel. From various independent sources believed to be reliable I am told that presence of this Mission has given rise to much comment in governmental circles and was discussed in a Cabinet meeting. The theory was advanced that the peace terms will be so great that it was thought advisable to send an advance courier to mitigate the shock. Some resentment is stated to be felt on account of this alleged interference. Personally I have had no intimations of the kind given me and my treatment at the Foreign Office and elsewhere has been consistently courteous. [Dresel.]