File No. 111.70H81
The Secretary of State to the Ambassadors in Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Russia
Colonel E. M. House, accompanied by Mrs. House, will sail for Europe December 28, S. S. Rotterdam.
He proceeds at the request of the President and Secretary of State for the purpose of taking information to our ambassadors in order that they may have a more intimate knowledge of this Government’s attitude regarding certain phases of international questions and in order to obtain from them their point of view on these matters.
Please impress on Foreign Office that Colonel House is not on a peace mission.