1<br > State Department and Versailles Conference<br > 1917-1932<br > Bullitt s Trip to Russia<br > Treaty with Lenin<br > Break with President Wilson<br >)URINe， 1918 BILL WROTE many memorandums suggesting means<br >f dealing with Trotsky， at that time holding joint power with<br >Lenin in Russia， but his views did not receive support from el-<br >her the President or Secretary of State Lansing. In December<br >Bill became a nlember of the staff of the American Commission to<br >Negotiate Peace and sailed to Europe with President Wilson and<br >his staff. He had been appointed Chief of the Division of Current<br >Intelligence Smnmaries， and it was his duty to furnish daily the<br >latest political and milital-/ inibrmation to each of the commis<br >sioners. He began by giving thenl written accounts， whicb<br >quickly became too burdensonle for these busy men )o read. The<br >method was changed and every morning Bill visited each commis-<br >sioner for twenty rninutes， some ill their offices， mille at hreaki~tst，<br >and even in their bedlooms. He brought them up to date on the<br >latest news of importance that might entel into their discussions.<br > In January t919， Bill wrote to Colonel House suggesting the<br >advisability of sending missions from England， France， and the<br >United States to examine conditions ill Russia， As the American<br >members of the mission he suggested Judge Learned Hand， Ray-<br > mond Fosdick， and William Allen White， with himself as "gen<br > eral bootblack." No such missions were appointed， but on Febru<br > ary 18， 19L9， Bill was ordered to Russia by Secretary Lansing. In<br >