Paris Peace Conf. 184.00101/61
Minutes of the Daily Meetings of the Commissioners Plenipotentiary, Wednesday, April 30th, 1919
April 30, 1919
- Present:
- Mr. Lansing
- Mr. White
- General Bliss
- Mr. Herter
- 1.
- The Commissioners present discussed the situation arising from the departure of the Italian Delegation from Paris and felt that they had been materially assisted in judging the situation in Italy itself by the messages which had been received from the American Ambassador at Rome. They therefore requested that a letter be drafted to Mr. Page, conveying to him the thanks of the Mission for his excellent services, and assuring him that his present course of action was in their opinion eminently correct. Withdrawal of Italian Delegation
- 2.
- Memorandum No. 256 was read with regard to a suggested allotment of 30,000 francs to Mr. Pierrepont B. Noyes, the American representative on the Rhineland Commission to cover the expenses of Mr. Noyes and his assistants for a period of three months. The Commissioners approved of alloting the sum in question to Mr. Noyes for the purpose indicated. Rhineland Commission
- 3.
- Memorandum No. 257 was read quoting a telegram from Mr. Ellis Dresel in Berlin respecting his remaining in that city for the purpose of keeping the Commission informed of the situation in Germany. The Commissioners agreed that in view of Mr. Dresel’s explanation of his situation it would be well for him to return to Paris as soon as possible, leaving in Berlin only the Press Bureau, which according to his message was now efficiently organized and could continue after his departure under Mr. Dyar. Mr. Dresel’s Reports on Conditions in Berlin
- General Bliss left the meeting.
- 4.
- Memorandum No. 258 was read regarding a suggestion made by the Department of State that a paraphrase of a telegram from Dr. Main, Commissioner in the Caucasus of the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief respecting the situation in the Armenian districts on the former Turko-Russian border be communicated to the British and French Governments. The Commissioners felt that inasmuch as this was a very delicate subject, and that the communication of such a message to the British Delegation at least, would undoubtedly elicit [Page 172] the suggestion that the American Government take appropriate action to put an end to the critical situation in the districts in question, it would be more prudent not to communicate the text of the telegram referred to at the present time. Regarding Syrian & American Relief Commission