Telegram from President Harry S. Truman to Prime Minister Winston Churchill

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CR5932 NLT 222 OPERATIONAL PRIORITY DECLASSIFIED by authority of PERSONAL AND FOP SECRET Sept if thet VI. IP.280 s. NUMBER 25 AND U.S. TO: THE PRIME MINISTER FROM: THE PRESIDENT RECEIPT IS ACKNOWLEDGED OF YOUR NUMBER 21. FOR YOUR INFORMATION I HAVE TODAY SENT THE FOLLOWING TO UNCLE JOE: "PRESIDENT TRUMAN TO MARSHAL STALIN. REPLYING TO YOUR MESSAGE OF 24 APRIL, PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL HAS SENT ME A COPY OF HIS MESSAGE TO YOU OF APRIL 28. SINCE YOU ARE AWARE OF THE POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FROM THE MESSAGES YOU HAVE RECEIVED FROM PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND MYSELF, I NEED HARDLY TELL YOU THAT IN REGARD TO THE REORGANIZATION OF THE POLISH GOVERNMENT I AGREE WITH THE VIEWS MR CHURCHILL HAS EXPRESSED IN HIS MES- SAGE OF APRIL 28. THIS GOVERNMENT STILL CONSIDERS THAT THE CRIMEA DECISIONS CONSTITUTE A FAIR BASIS FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF THE POLISH QUESTION AND SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT. THE MEETINGS OF THE 3 FORE IGN SECRETARIES ON THE POLISH MATTER HAVE NOT YET PRODUCED A FORMULA WHICH IS SATISFACTORY. I CONSIDER IT OF THE UTMOST I MPORTANCE THAT A SATISFACTORY SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM BE WORKED OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I MUST TELL YOU THAT ANY SUGGESTION THAT THE (PAGE 1 OF 2)