American Commission to Negotiate Peace

Commissioners and staff of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace in Paris on June 25, 1919 (President Wilson seated at center of front row)

The American Commission to Negotiate Peace, successor to The Inquiry, participated in the peace negotiations at the Treaty of Versailles from January 18 to December 9, 1919.[1] Frank Lyon Polk headed the commission in late 1919. The peace conference was superseded by the Council of Ambassadors (1920–1931), which was organized to deal with various political questions regarding the implementation of provisions of the Treaty, after the end of World War I.[2] Members of the commission appointed by President Woodrow Wilson included:[3][4]

  1. ^ Langbart, David A. (2023). "We should have our own observers of information:' The American Commission to Negotiate Peace looks at Russia, 1919". Intelligence and National Security. 38 (5): 764–779. doi:10.1080/02684527.2023.2178748. ISSN 0268-4527. S2CID 257321687.
  2. ^ United States National Archives (2006). "Records of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace". archives.gov/. Archived from the original on 13 December 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
  3. ^ "Descriptions of the Edward M. House Papers and Associated Collections in Manuscripts and Archives". Yale University Library. 2006. Archived from the original on December 11, 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
  4. ^ "Composition and Functions of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace, May 1, 1919". Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2024-03-18.