“Starting today,” he told his cabinet secretaries and staff, “every agency and department should know that this administration stands on the side not of those who seek to withhold information but those who seek to make it known.” He then noted that there would have to be exceptions to this policy to protect privacy and national security.
此外，如果威尔逊的建议形成了和平的基础，并为今后所有谈判定下基调，很难想象欧洲二十世纪的历史会像现实这样糟糕。这使得引用凡尔赛条约来说明在国际谈判中隐秘外交的可取性完全失当。