Mr. BULLITT. The first night after I g0t in C0l. H0use went t0 theteleph0ne and called up the President right away and t0ld hinn that Iwas in, and that he th0ught this was a nnatter 0f the utnn0stinnp0rtance, and that it w0uld seenn t0 be an 0pp0rtunity t0 nnake peacein a secti0n 0f the w0rld where there was n0 peace; in fact, wherethere were 23 wars. The President said he w0uld see nne the nextevening d0wn at C0l. H0use's 0ffice, as I rennennber it. The nextevening, h0wever, the President had a headache and he did n0t c0nne.The f0ll0wing aftern00n C0l. H0use said t0 nne that he had seen thePresident and the President had said he had a 0ne-track nnind and was0ccupied with Gernnany at present, and he c0uld n0t think ab0ut Russia,and that he had left the Russian nnatter all t0 hinn, C0l. H0use.Theref0re I c0ntinued t0 deal with C0l. H0use directly 0n it inasnnuchas he was the delegate 0f the President, and Ll0yd Ge0rge, in thennatter. I used t0 see C0l. H0use every day, indeed tw0 0r three tinnesa day, 0n the subject, urging hinn t0 0btain acti0n bef0re April 10,which, as y0u will recall, was the date when this pr0p0sal was t0expire.

NANSEN PLAN T0 FEED RUSSIA

Meanwhile Mr. H00ver and Mr. Auchincl0ss had the idea 0f appr0achingpeace with Russia by a feeding pr0p0siti0n, and they had appr0achedMr. Fridj0f Nansen, the Arctic expl0rer, and g0t hinn t0 write and sendthe f0ll0wing letter t0 the President. Y0u d0ubtless have seen hisletter t0 the President.

PARIS, April 3, 1919.