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convinced that the transaction was bona fide and would not believe
that an independent Polish government had been set up. Stalin at
first replied he would be content with 50/50 but rapidly corrected
himself to a worse figure. Meanwhile Eden took the same line with
Molotov who seemed more comprehending. I do not think the com-
position of the government will prove an insuperable obstacle if all
else is settled. Mik had previously explained to me that there might
be one announcement to save the prestige of the Lublin government
and a different arrangement among the Poles behind the scenes.
Para 4. Apart from the above Mik is going to urge upon his
London colleagues the Curzon line including Lwów for the Russians.
I am hopeful that even in the next fortnight we may get a settlement.
If so I will cable you the exact form so that you can say whether you
want it published or delayed.
Roosevelt Papers: Telegram
President Roosevelt to Prime Minister Churchill 1
1
Sent to the United States Naval Attaché, London, via Navy channels.
TOP SECRET
[WASHINGTON,] 22 October 1944.
PRIORITY
Number 632, Personal and Top Secret, from the President to the
Prime Minister.
Your 795,2 796,2 797,2 799,2 800 2 and 801 3 received.
I am delighted to learn of your success at Moscow in making progress
toward a compromise solution of the Polish problem.
When and if a solution is arrived at, I should like to be consulted
as to the advisability from this point of view of delaying its publication
for about two weeks. You will understand.
Everything is going well here at the present time.
2 Not printed.
3 Supra.
Roosevelt Papers
The Polish Ambassador (Ciechanowski) to the Acting Secretary of State
(Stettinius)
TOP SECRET
The Polish Ambassador has received today a telegram from Premier
Mikolajczyk dated London, October 26th, instructing him immedi-
ately to communicate to the President the following personal appeal
of Premier Mikolajczyk. Premier Mikolajczyk would greatly ap-
preciate it if he could receive at the President's earliest convenience
the reply and decisions of the President in view of the great urgency
of the situation.
Test of Premier Mikolajczyk's telegram to the President reads as
follows:
Mr. President: From Ambassador Harriman you undoubtedly
know the pressure being exercised on the Polish Government definitely
to accept already at present and without any reservations the so-called
Curzon Line as the basis of the future frontier between Poland and
Soviet Russia. In all my political activities I have proved how fully
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