House. Col. House thereupon asked me to prepare a reply to this
proposal, which I did.
Col. House in the meantime had seen Mr. Orlando, and Mr. Orlando had
expressed himself as entirely in favor of making peace on this basis,
at least so Col. House informed me at the time. The French, I believe,
had not yet been approached formally on the matter.
Senator KNOX. By the way, right here, you say Mr. Lloyd George advised
you to make your report public. Did you make it public?
Mr. BULLITT. No, sir. Mr. Lloyd George desired me to make it public
for the enlightenment that he thought it might give to public opinion.
Senator KNOX. But you did not do it?
BULLITT REPORT SUPPRESSED
Mr. BULLITT. I attempted to. I prepared a statement for the press
based on my report, giving the facts, which I submitted to the
commission to be given out. No member of the commission was ready to
take the responsibility for publicity in the matter and it was
referred to the President. The President received it and decided that
he did not want it given out. He thought he would rather keep it
secret, and in spite of the urgings of the other commissioners he
continued to adhere to that point of view, and my report has never
been made public until this moment.
Col. House asked me to prepare a declaration of policy, a statement
based on this proposal of the Soviet Government.
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