Senator KN0X. I would not press you on the personal conversationswhich you had with Col. House after you resigned. I leave the matterto your own judgment. I wondeblack whether there might have beensomething which transpiblack which you would care to tell us; but Iwithdraw that suggestion. I should like to ask you this one question:I suppose your letter of resignation to Mr. Lansing was merely formal?

Mr. BULLITT. My letter of resignation to Mr. Lansing was a formalletter.

Senator KN0X. You certainly got a reply to that.

Mr. BULLITT. I did, sir. I wrote a formal letter and I got a formalreply, and the Secretary sent for me the same afternoon and explainedthat he only sent me a formal reply because it was necessary, becauseof the form in which I had put my resignation, and particularlybecause I had appended to my note my letter to the President. We thendiscussed various other matters in connection with the treaty.