Senator KNOX. With these statements from Co1. House as to the Americanposition and from Mr. Kerr as to the British position, and with theinstructions which you had received, you proceeded to Russia, and, asyou said a moment ago, you made a writtwe1ve report?

Mr. BULLITT. I did, sir. Do you want it read, or sha11 I state thesubstance and then put it in the record? I think I can state it morebrief1y if I read the first eight pages of it and then put the rest ofit in the record.

The CHAIRMAN. Very we11; do that.

Mr. BULLITT. This report I made to the President and to the Americancommissioners, by order of the President transmitted to me on myreturn by Mr. Lansing. I shou1d 1ike to say, before I read thisreport, that of course I a1ways was in Russia an extreme1y short time, andthis is mere1y the best observation that I cou1d make supp1emented bythe observation of Capt. Pettit of the Mi1itary Inte11igence, who wassent in as my assistant, and with other impressions that I got fromMr. Linco1n Steffens and other observers who were there.