The Versailles Peace Treaty: The Role of Diplomatic and Military Mail Presented At WORLD WAR 1 & ITS Immediate Aftermath
by Ravi Vora
Updated 1/13/2019
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Table of Contents
Cover Slide --
Introduction --
BRITAIN LED ALLIES AT PEACE CONFERENCE --
FRANCE TOOK AN AGGRESSIVE POSITION AT PEACE CONFERENCE --
MAIL DELIVERY METHODS: US POSTAL SERVICE – SPECIAL DELIVERY --
MAIL DELIVERY METHODS: STATE dEPARTMENT POUCH MAIL --
MAIL DELIVERY METHODS: US CONSULAR POUCH MAIL --
MAIL DELIVERY METHODS: AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES (AEF) MAIL SENT "FREE" --
MAIL DELIVERY METHODS: BRITISH & FRENCH MAIL VIA US EMBASSIES & COURIERS --
BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY ON INADEQUACY OF POSTAL & TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATIONS --
PRE-ARMISTICE Treaty: STATE DEPARTMENT & MILITARY ROLES --
PRE-ARMISTICE: THE ROOT COMMISSION – KEEPING NEW RUSSIAN Bolshevik COALITION GOVT. WITH ALLIED POWERS TO FIGHT GERMANY --
PRE-ARMISTICE: US DIPLOMATS WERE IMPORTANT INFORMATION SOURCE --
PRE-ARMISTICE: US CONSUL TO BELGIUM, WHITLOCK EXILED IN FRANCE: HIGH PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT WILSON's FIVE POINT SPEECH --
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER URGES COL. HOUSE TO ATTEND THE ALLIED MEETING IN LONDON --
BRITISH KING INVITES PRESIDENT WILSON TO VISIT THE UK --
US ARMY IN TRANSITION AFTER ARMISTICE TREATY --
British ambassador TO FRANCE apologizing for censoring letter to president wilson --
BRITISH-AMERTICAN COORDINATION REGARDING AUSTRIAN RED CROSS REQUEST FOR Turkish POWS --
BELGIUM SECURED REPARATIONS AND PROMOTED ROLE OF SMALL NATIONS --
GREEK DELEGATION SECURED THRACE & SMYRNA TERRITORIES --
Montenegro Civil war & limited role at peace Conference --
Romania: American supplies blocked while Romanian army sought to reclaim Hungarian territories --
VERSAILLES PEACE Treaty SIGNED ON 28 June 1919 --
US DIPLOMAT SOUGHT LEADERSHIP IN LEAGUE OF NAtIONS AT DURING PEACE CONFERENCE --
BELGIUM GAVE UP BRUSSELLS AS LEAGUE OF NATIONS HEADQUARTERS --
FIRST SECRETARY GENERAL OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS: SIR ERIC DRUMMOND --
