Typed Memoir Draft of Former President Harry S. Truman

-13- STALIN said he fully appreciat ed and the difficulties which would arise in transferring this territory from the Germans to the Poles, but that the German people were principally to e blame for these difficulties. Churchill, he said, had quoted thp figure of eight and a half million, said to be the population of this artitiarity then offee th the Police areag area It should be remebered, Stalin said, that there had been 2 for the Ruccian Polish Arucies? several cali-u during the war and that the rest of the population had left before the Soviet Army. Diras of the opinion that the Rucsians had killed or faced the Gerwan population STALIN sai d that oviet army had found that the Stettin population into our yours. of 500,000 had almost entirely Russians would be in Koenigsberg and they preferred to deal with the disappaered, only 8,000 remaining. The majori ty of the Germans had gone west behind the line. Some, the however, had gone to Koenigsberg area since they had hear d that the STALINSridins the Russians rather than with the Poles remained in the territory to be given Polard. Between the to Oder me and the have Bolchifs killed Cleaning No single German not apra highy the Vistualla the Germans had quitted their feilds fields which are now allofthin being cultivated by the Poles. It is unlikely that the Poles would agree to the return of these Germans/. his situation, said Staling should be