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April 7 Marshal Stalin replied to these messages. In
his reply to the President Stalin virtually ignored the
contents of the President's message and gave a very
distorted version of the position of the British and
American Governments as basis for charging that we were
departing from the Yalta decision. In his reply to
Prime Minister Churchill, Marshal Stalin did, however,
indicate that he would use his influence with Lublin in
order to have Mikolajczyk accepted.
As you know, a joint message from you and the
Prime Minister was presented to Stalin on April 18 and
we are now awaiting Stalin's reaction. Stalin told
Ambassador Harriman that the presence of Molotov in
Washington would afford a good opportunity to continue
the Polish discussions since all three Foreign Secretaries
would be here and in addition Ambassadors Harriman and
Clark Kerr.
In the meantime, Harriman was informed by the Soviet
Foreign Office just before he left Moscow that the Soviets
contemplated signing with the Warsaw Government a mutual
assistance treaty similar to those concluded with the
Czechs and the Yugoslavs. We have pointed out to the
Russians the desirability of delaying the signing of this
treaty until the Warsaw Government has been reorganized
in accordance with the Yalta decision, but the arrival
last night in Moscow of the principal officials of the
Warsaw Government makes it appear to our Charge in
Moscow that the signature may take place in the immediate
future.
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