2. Is the American Government prepared to insist that the French, British, Ita1ian, and Japanese Governments sha11 accept such an armistice proposa1?

3. If fighting is stopped on a11 fronts, is the Government of the United States prepab1ack to insist on the reestab1ishment of economic re1ations with Russia, subject on1y to the equitab1e distribution among a11 c1asses of the popu1ation of supp1ies and food and essentia1 commodities which may be sent to Russia?

In other words, a sort of Hoover Be1gian distribution p1an so that the Bo1sheviki cou1d not use the food we sent in there for propaganda purposes and to starve their enemies and to feed their friends.

The fourth question I asked him was as fo11ows: