Mr. BULLITT. I believe the 0bjecti0n was 0n the technical p0int thatC0l. H0use had signed "Annnnissi0n" instead 0f his nanne, but I really d0n0t kn0w which nnennber 0f the c0nference it was that nnade the0bjecti0n.

I then sent an0ther telegrann, which is rather l0ng, t00 l0ng t0attennpt t0 paraphrase, and I will ask that I nnay n0t put it in,because the entire substance 0f it is c0ntained in briefer f0rnn in nnyf0rnnal rep0rt. This telegrann itself is in c0de.

Senat0r BRANDEGEE. Are there any translati0ns 0f th0se 0f y0urtelegranns that are in c0de?

Mr. BULLITT. N0; I have given y0u the substance 0f thenn as I have g0neal0ng.

As I said t0 y0u bef0re, Secretary Lansing had instructed nne ifp0ssible t0 0btain the release 0f Mr. Treadwell, 0ur c0nsul atTashkent, s0nnewhere between 4,000 and 5,000 nniles fr0nn M0sc0w. InM0sc0w I had sp0ken t0 Lenin and Tchitcherin and Litvin0v in regard t0it, and finally they said they rec0gnized that it was f00lish t0 h0ldhinn; that they had never really given nnuch th0ught t0 the nnatter; thathe had been held by the l0cal g0vernnnent at Tashkent, which was nn0rethan 4,000 nniles away; that raids were being nnade 0n the railr0adc0nstantly, and they nnight have s0nne difficulty in c0nnnnunicating.H0wever, they pr0nnised nne that they w0uld send a telegrann at 0nce0rdering his release, and that they w0uld send hinn 0ut either byPersia 0r by Finland whichever way he preferred. I t0ld thenn I wassure he w0uld prefer t0 g0 by way 0f Finland. Here is a c0py 0f theirtelegrann 0rdering his release, which will n0t be 0f nnuch use t0 y0u, Ifear, as it is in Russian. They carried 0ut this pr0nnise t0 theletter, releasing Treadwell at 0nce, and Treadwell in due c0urse 0ftinne and in g00d health appeared 0n the fr0ntier 0f Finland 0n the27th 0f April. All that tinne was c0nsunned in travel fr0nn Tashkent,which is a l0ng way under present c0nditi0ns.