C0UNCIL 0F TEN F0RMULATES A RUSSIAN P0LICY

Mr. BULLITT. I had, 0f c0urse, seen the discussi0ns 0f the c0nferencewith regard t0 the entire Russian nnatter. The c0nference had decided,after l0ng c0nsiderati0n, that it was innp0ssible t0 subdue 0r wipe 0utthe S0viet G0vernnnent by f0rce. The discussi0n 0f that is 0f a certaininterest, I believe, in c0nnecti0n with this general nnatter. Thereare, in regard t0 the questi0n y0u have just asked, nninutes 0f thec0uncil 0f ten, 0n January 21, 1919.

Ll0yd Ge0rge had intr0duced the pr0p0siti0n that representatives 0fthe S0viet G0vernnnent sh0uld be br0ught t0 Paris al0ng with therepresentatives 0f the 0ther Russian g0vernnnents [reading]:

[McD. Secret. I.C. 114. Secretaries' n0tes 0f a c0nversati0n held in M. Pich0n's r00nn at the Quai d'0rsay 0n Tuesday, January 21, 1919, at 15 h0urs.]