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    "ocrText": "TOP SUCPET\nGENLASSIFIED\nE.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)\nDept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972\n-3-\nBy NITH XARS Date 6.26.75\nNerotiations Over Poland. Since you have approved\nin principle that we recognize the new Polish Provisional\nGovernment of National Unity the Secretary will telegraph\nthe Polish Foreign Minister informing him that the US has\ndecided to recognize the new government as soon as there\nis an official announcement that it is functioning in\nPoland.\nThe Legal Adviser states on our recomition of the\nnew sovernment it will be considered the successor of the\nPolish Government-in-exile and the legal government of\nPoland for all intents and purposes. It will succeed to\nall Polish rights and oblimations such as those relating\nto public funds, ships mnd claims and will for instance\nbe bound by the commitments of the lend-lease agreement\nof July 1, 1942 signed in the name of the Government of\nPolend. Unless Harriman considers it inadvisable the\nLerral Adviser adds that in order to avoid any possible\nfurther misunderstending on this and other matters the\nnew Polish Govornment might be naked to state prior to\nits recomition that it. expects to observe Poland's in-\nternational obligations, though of course this would not\npreclude the negotistion of new agreements on lend-lease\nor other questions.\nHarriman was instructed to obtain assurances from\ncompetent members of the new Polish Government that it\nwill grant: (1) our Embassy in Wersaw adequate facilitiea\nto communicate by mail, telegraph, radio and courier with\nWashington and other US missions in Europe; (2) every ap-\npropriste facility for US officials to travel throughout\nPoland in order to carry out the legitimate functions of\nthe Embessy and to grant without delay permissions for\nthem to enter and leave the country; (3) the opening of\nUS consular offices at such commercial and shipping centers\nin Poland as we consider appropriate. Harrimen was like-\nwise instructed to say unofficially that there would be an\nundoubted sympathetic reaction in the US if facilities were\npromptly given for US correspondents to visit Poland. On\nJune 24 Harriman lunched with Bierut, Morawski and\nMikolajezyk\nRECORDS\nes the\nSERVICE*"
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