ABSTRACT
Colonel House was delighted by the idea. It would solve the nasty situation at the Inquiry by shunting Walter Lippmann off to Europe and allowing Bowman more leeway; it would give him a trusted man in Europe to deal with the British counterpart of the Inquiry; and it would remove the sting from George Creel's crude propaganda efforts. Lippmann wore two hats: one as propagandist, the other as House's personal representative to the Allied intelligence offices to coordinate their work with that of the Inquiry. Propaganda was not Lippmann's only job in London. As official emissary from the Inquiry, and the unofficial representative of Colonel House, he conferred with Sir William Tyrell, director of what the Americans called the "British Inquiry". Sir William Tyrell did not quite know what to make of Lippmann or how much authority he had, and decided to check with his New York agent.
