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

Paris peace Conf. 184.44/1

President Wilson to the Secretary of State

Washington , 26 November, 1918.

My Dear Mr. Secretary: In his Number 181,²¹ House asks what members of my party Mrs. Wilson and I will wish to have stay with us in Prince Murat’s house. I would be very much obliged if you would have a cable sent to him, answering his question as follows:

“The President and Mrs. Wilson would be glad to have, besides the President’s valet and Mrs. Wilson’s maid, the following persons stay in Prince Murat’s house with them: Miss Benham, Dr. Grayson, Mr. Close, and Mr. I. H. Hoover.”²²

Cordially and faithfully yours,

Woodrow Wilson

21. Supra.
22. Sent as telegram No. 88, Nov. 29, 1918, 1 p.m., to the Ambassador in France, for Colonel House (file No. 033.1140/255a). In a telegram of Dec. 11, 1918, the name of Charles Swem, the President’s stenographer, was added to this list (file No. Paris Peace Conf. 184.21/22b).