THE GUARANTY IN THE REVISED COVENANT During the three weeks preceding the meeting of the Commission on the League the work of revising the President's original draft of the Covenant had been in progress, the President and Colonel House holding frequent interviews with the more influential delegates, particularly the British and French statesmen who had been charged with the duty of studying the subject.

While I cannot speak from personal knowledge, I learned that the suggested changes in terms and language were put into form by members of the Colonel's office staff.

In addition to modifications which were made to meet the wishes of the foreign statesmen, especially the British, Mr.Gordon Auchincloss, the son-in-law and secretary of Colonel House, and Mr.David Hunter Miller, Auchincloss's law partner and one of the accredited legal advisers of the American Commission, prepared an elaborate memorandum on the President's draft of a Covenant which contained comments and also suggested changes in the text.

On account of the intimate relations existing between Messrs.

Miller and Auchincloss and Colonel House it seems reasonable to assume that their comments and suggestions were approved by, if they did not to an extent originate with, the Colonel.
The memorandum was first made public by Mr.William C.Bullitt during his hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in September, 1919 (Senate Doc.