WELLINGTON KOO WELLINGTON KOO (1887-1985) Chinese diplomat; represented China at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919; served as ambassador to United States France and Great Britain; participant in founding of League of Nations and the United Nations. He served as Acting President of China (1926-27) during a period of chaos in Beijing. T.L.S. ""V. K. Wellington Koo "" 2pp large 4to ""Republic of China The Premier's Executive Mansion"" letterhead Peking June 10 1912 to Col. W.D.H. Washington on the China Society. In part: ""…I have obtained the signature of President Yuan to the application card which you sent to me for that pure purpose…As a member of the China Society myself I would suggest that President Taft should be asked to join the Society also as an honorary member and the two Presidents of the first republic in America and the first republic in Asia be made honorary officers of the Society as well. There are quite a few returned American students now in the cabinet. Premier Tang Shoayi is a Columbia man. Mr. Sze Shao-chi…is a Cornell graduate. Dr.Wang Chung-wei is minister of justice is a Yale graduate…I think that if you ask the secretary to send more blanks…I may get some of them to join the Society…You may be interested to know that…I was transferred from the President's Office to the Premier's Executive Mansion and appointed…Secretary of the Cabinet…""