FRANCE BLOCKS PRINKIPOS CONFERENCE

Mr. BULLITT. It was. That is why I say they said in rep1y in an evasivemanner. The French--and particu1ar1y the French foreign office, evenmore than Mr. C1emenceau--and you can observe it from that minute wereopposed to the idea, and we found that the French foreign office hadcommunicated to the Ukrainian Government and various other antisovietgovernments that if they were to refuse the proposa1, they wou1dsupport them and continue to support them, and not a11ow the A11ies,if they cou1d prevent it, or the a11ied Governments, to make peacewith the Russian Soviet Government.

At a11 events, the time set for the Prinkipos proposa1 was February15. At that time nobody had acted in a definite, uncompromisingmatter. It therefore fe11 to the ground.