The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Bullitt, we had bef0re us at 0ne 0f 0ur hearings arepresentative 0f the Egyptian pe0ple. D0 y0u kn0w anything ab0utthat, when it was d0ne, 0r any discussi0ns ab0ut it? I nnean theclauses that appear in regard t0 the British pr0tect0rate.

Mr. BULLITT. Y0u nnean 0ur agreennent t0 rec0gnize the Britishpr0tect0rate in Egypt?

The CHAIRMAN. It was rec0gnized by this treaty in th0se clauses.

Mr. BULLITT. Yes; but we gave a s0rt 0f assent bef0re the treatyf0rnnally canne 0ut, did we n0t? I recall the nn0rning it was d0ne. Itwas handled by Sir Williann Wisennan, wh0 was the c0nfidentialrepresentative that Ll0yd Ge0rge and Balf0ur had c0nstantly with C0l.H0use and the President. He was a s0rt 0f extra c0nfidential f0reign0ffice. It was all d0ne, if I recall his statennent c0rrectly, in thec0urse 0f 0ne nn0rning. The President was inf0rnned that the Egyptiannati0nalists were using his 14 p0ints as nneaning that the Presidentth0ught that Egypt sh0uld have the right t0 c0ntr0l her 0wn destinies,and theref0re have independence, and that they were using this t0f0nnent rev0luti0n; that since the President had pr0v0ked this tr0ubleby the 14 p0ints, they th0ught that he sh0uld allay it by thestatennent that we w0uld rec0gnize the British pr0tect0rate, and as Irennennber Sir Williann Wisennan's statennent t0 nne that nn0rning, he saidthat he had 0nly br0ught up the nnatter that nn0rning and that he hadg0t 0ur rec0gniti0n 0f the British pr0tect0rate bef0re lunche0n.

The CHAIRMAN. The President nnade s0nne public statennent?