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DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (R)
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972
By NLT-RC
NARS Date:
25
June 27, 1945
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Subject: Current Foreign Developments
US Relations with Poland. The Legal Adviser con-
siders that a formal written assurance from the new Polish
Government that it expects to observe Poland's international
obligations is not necessary, since it is a well-established
practice that a successor government such as this succeeds
to both the rights and obligations of the former regime.
As Harriman has already pointed this out to the members
of the new Polish Government he has put them on notice
of the existence of this international practice and need
only tell them further that the US naturally expects them
to comply with this well-established precedent. As there
have been radio reports from Moscow that the 16 accused
Poles were also responsible for crimes committed against
the Polish state and people and will accordingly also
be brought before Polish courts for punishment, Embassy
Moscow is instructed to learn whether or not a second
trial in Poland of these men is actually contemplated.
Harriman has been asked to comment on the British
suggestion that, when the Warsaw government notifies the
Big Three that it has been established in conformity
with the Yalta agreement, it add a pledge in that message
that it will hold free elections. As the US press has
been asking whether we have a definite pledge on this
matter, which is part of Yalta, we must be prepared to
make some concrete statement about it.
After further conversations with Bierut, Osubka
Morawski and Mikolajczyk, Harriman strongly recommends
AND
that
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