Telegram from President Harry S. Truman to Prime Minister Winston Churchill
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OCR Page 1 of 6NLT-246
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PRIORITY
DECLASSIFIED by authority of
TOP SECRET AND PERSONAL
g.
NUMBER 2
Kel I P . 211
titustic Drate P177
us AND
TO:
THE RRIME MINISTER
SOVERNMENT
FROM: THE PRESIDENT
STALIN'S REPLIES TO YOU AND TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
MAKE OUR NEXT STEP OF THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE. ALTHOUCH
WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS HE DOES NOT LEAVE MUCH GROUND FOR OPTI-
MISM, I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER GO AT
HIM. I HAVE VERY MUCH IN MIND YOUR OBSERVATIONS TO PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT ON THE DANGER OF PROTRACTED NEGOTIATIONS AND OBSTRUC-
TIONIST TACTICS BEING UTILIZED TO CONSOLIDATE THE RULE OF THE
LUBLIN GROUP IN POLAND AND I RECOGNIZE THE COMPULSION YOU ARE
UNDER TO SPEAK IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
( YOUR 944 TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT).
I FEEL, HOW-
EVER, THAT WE SHOULD EXPLORE TO THE FULL EVERY POSSIBILITY
BEFORE ANY PUBLIC STATEMENT IS MADE WHICH COULD ONLY BE AS
MATTERS NOW STAND TO ANNOUNCE THE FAILURE OF OUR EFFORTS DUE
TO SOVIET NTRANSIGENCE. ONCE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE
OF A BREAKDOWN IN THE POLISH NEGOTIATIONS IT WILL CARRY WITH
IT THE HOPES OF THE POLISH PEOPLE FOR A JUST SOLUTION OF THE
POLISH PROBLEM TO SAY NOTHING OF THE EFFECT IT WILL HAVE ON
OUR POLITICAL AND MILITARY COLLABORATION WITH THE SOVIET
UNION.
I SUGGEST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, THEREFORE, THAT
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