The Central Powers famously attempted to sue for peace prior to the Armistice of November 1918, notably through notes sent to US President Woodrow Wilson in October 1918 seeking an armistice based on the Fourteen Points.
The claim is a well-documented historical fact regarding World War I, making it common knowledge where formal citations are not strictly required for verification. None of the provided retrieved papers contain any text or analysis related to World War I peace negotiations or the Central Powers, meaning they are all entirely tangential and do not speak to the truth or falsity of the statement.