Senator KNOX.  You certainly got a reply to that.

Mr. BULLITT.  I did, sir.  I wrote a formal letter and I got a formal reply, and the Secretary sent for me the same afternoon and explained that he only sent me a formal reply because it was necessary, because of the form in which I had put my resignation, and particularly because I had appended to my note my letter to the President.  We then discussed various other matters in connection with the treaty.

The CHAIRMAN.  Are you through?

Senator KNOX.  Yes.

The CHAIRMAN.  Mr. Bullitt, you put into the record or read here, I think, some extracts from the minutes of the Council of Ten?

Mr. BULLITT.  Yes, sir.

The CHAIRMAN.  Were you present at any of these meetings?

Mr. BULLITT.  I was not, sir.

The CHAIRMAN.  The Council of Ten was the first body that was dealing with the treaty generally, the important body?  It was not a special commission?

Mr. BULLITT.  No, sir.  It was the main body of the conference.

The CHAIRMAN.  Yes; it was the main body, and was the one that subsequently became the Council of Five, and then the Council of Four, and I think at one time a Council of Three?

Mr. BULLITT.  Yes, sir.

The CHAIRMAN.  Well, now, there were records of these meetings, were there not?

Mr. BULLITT.  Yes, sir.

The CHAIRMAN.  Do you know what disposition was made of those records?

Mr. BULLITT.  Mr. Chairman, there were a number of copies for each delegation, and I presume that there must be a number of copies in this country at the present time; perhaps not.

The CHAIRMAN.  You say each delegate had a copy?

Mr. BULLITT.  Each plenipotentiary had a copy, and the Secretary of the American Commission had a copy, I believe, and the assistant secretaries had copies; certainly one of the assistant secretaries, Mr. Leland Harrison; and Mr. Grew had a copy.

The CHAIRMAN.  Did Mr. Lansing have copies while he served on the
Council of Ten?

Mr. BULLITT.  Yes, sir; well, I am quite sure that he did.  I am sure that I have seen copies on the desk of the Secretary.

The CHAIRMAN.  Well, they were furnished regularly to every member of the conference?

Mr. BULLITT.  Yes.

The CHAIRMAN.  We have found some difficulty in getting them; that is the reason I asked.

Senator KNOX.  I am informed—­perhaps Mr. Bullitt can tell us—­that there is a complete set of minutes in the hands of some individual in this country.  Do you know anything about that—­perhaps Auchincloss & Miller?

Mr. BULLITT.  I could not be certain in regard to the matter, but I should certainly be under the impression that Mr. Auchincloss and Mr. Miller have copies of the minutes; perhaps not.  Perhaps Mr. Auchincloss has left his with Col.  House.  He would have Col.  House’s copies.  Perhaps they are in this country, perhaps not.  But Mr. Auchincloss and Mr. Miller perhaps have those minutes in their files.