Mr. Bullitt.  I then sent a telegram in regard to Mr. Pettit, the officer of military intelligence, who was with me as my assistant, saying I intended to send him back to Petrograd at once to keep in touch with the situation so that we should have information constantly.  I will say in this connection that it was not an extraordinary thing for the various Governments to have representatives in Russia.  The British Government had a man in there at the same time that I was there.  He was traveling as a Red Cross representative, but in reality he was there for the Foreign Office, a Maj.  A.R.  Parker, I believe.  I am not certain of his name, but we can verify it.

I also sent a telegram from Helsingfors, “strictly personal to Col.  House,” requesting him to show my fifth and sixth telegrams to Mr. Philip Kerr, Mr. Lloyd George’s secretary, so that Mr. Lloyd George might be at once informed in regard to the situation, inasmuch as he had known I was going, and inasmuch as the British had been so courteous as to offer to send me across on a cruiser.  When I got to London and found that the torpedo boat on which I had expected to go was escorting the President, Mr. Lloyd George’s office in London called up the Admiralty and asked them to give me a boat in which to go across.  Incidentally I was informed by Col.  House, on my arrival in Paris, that copies of my telegrams had been sent at once to Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Balfour.

Senator Knox.  Mr. Bullitt, I do not think we need to go into quite so much detail.  You have told us now with what instructions you went, what the British attitude was, what the American attitude was, and what the Soviet Government proposed.  Now, let us have your report.

Mr. Bullitt.  All right, sir.  This was my report—­

Senator Brandegee.  What is the date of that, please?

Mr. Bullitt.  This copy does not bear the date on it.  On the other hand I can tell you within a day or two.  The date unfortunately was left off of this particular copy.  It was made on or about the 27th or 28th day of March, in the week before April 1.

Senator Brandegee. 1919?

Mr. Bullitt. 1919.  I unquestionably could obtain from Secretary Lansing or the President or some one else the actual original of the report.

Senator Brandegee.  I do not care about the precise date, but I want to get it approximately.

Mr. Bullitt.  It was about the 1st day of April.

Senator Knox.  To whom was the report made?

Mr. Bullitt.  The report was addressed to the President and the American Commissioners Plenipotentiary to Negotiate Peace.  I was ordered to make it.  I had sent all these telegrams from Helsingfors, and I felt personally that no report was necessary, but the President desired a written report, and I made the report as follows: 

MR. BULLITT’S REPORT ON RUSSIA