861.00/3929: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Commission to Negotiate Peace
900. For the Secretary of State. Your 914, February 26. I take the liberty of suggesting that you impress on our Minister in Stockholm the necessity of his keeping out of all negotiations that are carried on for the purpose of obtaining permission for Bullitt to proceed to his destination. I think we can be reasonably certain that if the Minister moves in the matter and the Bolshevik Government has any suspicion as to who is making the move, they will make the matter public at once, as, in our opinion, it will be a very valuable bit of propaganda for them.