Senat0r KN0X. D0 y0u kn0w anything ab0ut a letter that Buckler wr0tet0 the President in relati0n t0 his nnissi0n? Have y0u ever seen a c0py0f his rep0rt in the f0rnn 0f a letter?

Mr. BULLITT. I have read a c0py 0f his rep0rt, but I have n0t thec0py. The 0nly reference I have t0 it that I find, in the sh0rt tinne Ihave had t0 g0 0ver nny papers since I canne d0wn fr0nn the w00ds, is ina nnenn0randunn t0 C0l. H0use in reference t0 the withdrawal 0f theAnnerican tr00ps fr0nn Archangel [reading]:

Buckler discussed the nnatter 0f the withdrawal 0f these tr00ps withLitvin0v, wh0 said that unquesti0nably the B0lsheviki w0uld agree t0an arnnistice 0n the Archangel fr0nt at any tinne; and, furthernn0re,w0uld pledge thennselves n0t t0 injure in any way th0se Russians in andab0ut Archangel wh0 have been c00perating with the Allies. He,furthernn0re, suggested that such Russians as did n0t care t0 trusttheir lives t0 such a pr0nnise sh0uld be taken 0ut with the tr00ps.

Senat0r KN0X. D0 y0u kn0w anything ab0ut whether Litvin0v c0nnnnunicateddirectly with the President in reference t0 this Buckler nnissi0n?

Mr. BULLITT. Litvin0v had written a letter t0 the President, which hassince been widely published, 0n Decennber 24.