Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, The Paris Peace Conference, 1919, Volume II

Paris Peace Conf. 184.01102/2½

Dr. S. E. Mezes to the Secretary of the Commission to Negotiate Peace ( Grew )

[ Paris ,] 6 January, 1919.

We have tried to get a copy of the Armistice mentioned, but without success.

The statement asked for is, of course, in full accord with the policy of our Government, and no doubt of our Associates. Moreover the purpose of the Armistice is military security, not territorial settlement, and the statement is not therefore strictly necessary. But I can think of no objection to securing a joint statement if the diplomatic wheels are revolving smoothly. A joint statement covering this Armistice as a whole might also ease the Italo–Jugo-Slav tension.