Edward M. House Papers
Colonel E. M. House to President Wilson
Dear Governor: I saw Clemenceau again yesterday after you left. He was perfectly delighted with what I was able to tell him concerning the Syrian-Armenian matters, and the period of occupation.
I took occasion to ask him if he had signed the Russian Memorandum. He said he had not but would do so. He thought that Pichon had it. He rang for his secretary giving instructions to have it brought to him. I find, however, that it is in Hoover’s hands and I am sending it to you under this cover so you may have Clemenceau sign it this morning.38
I spoke to Clemenceau about the attacks in the French press. It made no difference I told him except that it was bringing about strained relations between our two countries—a condition which I was sure he did not wish. He rang for his secretary again and told him to give directions to the Echo de Paris, Le Petit Journal, Le Petit Parisien, Le Figaro, Le Temps, La Liberté and several others which I do not recall, to say that the relations between France and the United States were of the very best and that there was no disagreement between yourself and himself upon any of the great questions before the Conference. I shall await with interest to see what happens.
Affectionately yours,
- See communication of April 17, 1919, from Messrs. Wilson, Clemenceau, Lloyd George, and Orlando to Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, Foreign Relations, 1919, Russia, p. 108.↩