Memorandum of Conversation with President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Averell Harriman, Charles Bohlen, Admiral William Leahy, Vyacheslav Molotov, Andrei Gromyko, and Mr. Pavlov

DECLASSIFIED 3(E) and 5(D) E.O. 11652, Sec. 10, 1972 letter, Aug. of State Dept. 7-23-75 DEPARTMENT OF STATE TOPISECRET NARS Date Memorandum of Conversation DATE: April 23, 1945 SUBJECT: PARTICIPANTS: The President, the Secretary of State, Mr. Molotov, Ambassador Harriman, Ambassador Gromyko, Admiral Leahy, Mr. Pavlov, and Mr. Bohlen. COPIES TO: "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE/A GPO 1-1493 After greeting Mr. Molotov the President said that he had been sorry to learn that no progress had been made towards a solution of the Polish question. Mr. Molotov said that he also regretted that. The President then stated that the proposals contained in the joint message from himself and the Prime Minister were eminently fair and reasonable and that we go as far as we can to meet the desires of the Soviet Government as expressed in the message which Marshal Stalin sent on April 7. He emphasized that the United States Government could not agree to be a party to the formation of a Polish Government which was not representative of all Polish democratic elements. He added that the United States Government was deeply disappointed that the Soviet Government had not found it possible to carry out the consultation with representatives of the Polish Government other than those who were not officials of the Warsaw regime. He said that the United States Government is determined together with other members of the United Nations to go ahead with plans for the world organization no matter what difficulties or differences may arise with regard to other matters. He felt nevertheless that the failure of the three principal allies who had borne the brunt of the war to carry out the Crimea decision with regard to Poland will cast serious doubt upon our unity of purpose in regard to postwar collaboration. He mentioned that in his last message to Marshal Stalin on April 1 President Roosevelt had made it plain that no policy in the United States whether foreign or domestic could succeed unless it enjoyed public confidence and support. He said that this applied of necessity to economic collaboration