763.72119/8885: Telegram
The Ambassador in France (Wallace) to the Secretary of State
[Received February 2, 1.30 a.m.]
326. Confidential. Mission. Referring to my telegram number 214, January 21, 10 a.m. [p.m.]25 Clemenceau, Berthelot, Curzon, De Martino and Matsui met on the morning of January 21 …
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Curzon proposed that the decision taken in London with regard to the creation of the Conference of Ambassadors [should go into effect]. This Conference would handle current questions relating to the treaty and its execution while important political questions would be reserved for the direct decision of the Governments. De Martino stated that Mr. Scialoja agreed but proposed that should occasion arise the Foreign Ministers might take part in the Ambassadors’ Conference. Matsui agreed as he was both Ambassador and Plenipotentiary. Millerand was inclined to agree with Scialoja’s proposal. Curzon saw no objection to any government being represented by its ambassador, its foreign minister, or its premier. He pointed out, however, that it was not intended to have the Conference of Ambassadors handle the Turkish treaty. This question had been reserved for the Supreme Council. …
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