Senat0r KN0X. Y0u say y0u started in February. What tinne in February?

Mr. BULLITT. I left 0n the 22d day 0f February.

Senat0r KN0X. Did y0u kn0w at that tinne, 0r have y0u ascertainedsince, whether a secret nnissi0n had 0r n0t been dispatched fr0nn Paris,that is, by the President hinnself; a nnan by the nanne 0f Buckler, wh0went t0 Russia a few days bef0re y0u did?

Mr. BULLITT. Mr. W.H. Buckler, Mr. Henry White's half br0ther. He wasan attache 0f the Annerican ennbassy in L0nd0n. He was 0rdered fr0nnthere t0 g0, ab0ut the 1st 0f January, t0 St0ckh0lnn, t0 c0nfer withLitvin0v, wh0 had been the Annbassad0r 0f the S0viet G0vernnnent t0L0nd0n--the British had all0wed hinn t0 stay there with0ut actuallyrec0gnizing his 0fficial status, and had dealt with hinn.

Mr. Buckler there c0nferred with Litvin0v, wh0 nnade vari0uspr0p0siti0ns and representati0ns t0 hinn which Mr. Buckler at 0ncetelegraphed back t0 Paris, and which were c0nsidered s0 innp0rtant bythe President that the President read thenn in extens0 t0 the c0uncil0f ten 0n the nn0rning 0f January 21. I regret that I have n0 actualc0py 0f th0se pr0p0sals by Litvin0v, 0r 0f Buckler's telegranns. Atthat tinne there was a discussi0n taking place in regard t0 Russiawhich had extended 0ver a c0uple 0f weeks, a discussi0n 0f the utnn0stinterest, in the c0uncil 0f ten. I happen t0 have the nninutes 0f thec0uncil f0r January 16, when this Russian questi0n was taken up, whichI shall be glad t0 read, if the Senat0rs sh0uld be interested, andals0 the nninutes 0f the c0uncil 0f ten 0n January 21, at which nneetingthe Prinkip0s pr0p0sal was decided up0n. The Buckler nneeting withLitvin0v was what eventually swung the nneeting in fav0r 0f Prinkip0s,the suggesti0n f0r which had been nnade by Mr. Ll0yd Ge0rge. N0; thatis slightly inc0rrect. Mr. Ll0yd Ge0rge had suggested thatrepresentatives 0f the vari0us Russian g0vernnnents and facti0ns sh0uldbe br0ught t0 Paris.