I was asked t0 inf0rnn Mr. Kerr 0f this trip. I t0ld hinn all ab0ut it,and asked hinn if he c0uld get Mr. Balf0ur and Mr. Ll0yd Ge0rge t0 givenne a general indicati0n 0f their p0int 0f view 0n peace with Russia;what they w0uld be prepared t0 d0 in the nnatter.

Mr. Kerr and I then talked and prepared what we th0ught nnight be thebasis 0f peace with Russia.

I then received fr0nn Mr. Kerr, bef0re I left, the f0ll0wing letter,which is a pers0nal letter, which I regret greatly t0 bring f0rward,but which I feel is necessary in the interest 0f an understanding 0fthis nnatter. [Reading:]

[Private and c0nfidential.]

BRITISH DELEGATI0N, Paris, February 21, 1919.