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J. 333305MONO-State Galley 236 UNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF tive a new cabinet which Mikolajczyk might form would be. On the other hand, much evidence has been received indicating that the so- called provisional government at Lublin is having considerable difficulty establishing itself and gaining real prestige in the liberated areas in Poland. It would appear that what prestige it may have is based, to a considerable extent, on that of the Red Army and the NKVD, the Soviet secret police. Given the fact that less than half of Poland has already been liberated, and that consequently the majority of Poles are not in a position to express an opinion, it would be against our announced policies to recognize the provisional government of Lublin at least until more conclusive evidence is received that it does in fact represent the basic wishes of the Polish people. Because of the activities of diverse groups, interim regimes of various sorts are springing up in liberated countries. These regimes may well crystallize into permanent governments through the power they may wield during the period of bewilderment after liberation. It would appear highly desirable, therefore, if the influence of the United States is to be felt and if the types of truly democratic governments the American people hope to see established in Europe are to be set up, for the United States Government now to take an active part in seeing that in each liberated country liberal democratic groups are given a full opportunity to participate in the activities of their interim regimes. If we do not use our influence to this end, it may not be possible later to establish permanent democratic regimes based on the four freedoms. It is for this reason that in regard to Poland we should use our influence in an effort to see that the Polish Peasant Party, the largest in the country, and its head, Mikolajczyk are given an opportunity to take a leading role in any interim arrangements which may be made pending the full liberation of the country and the election of a truly representative government. Moreover, in order to assure, in conformity with our announced policies, that the Polish people shall be permitted eventually to ex- press their preference as to the permanent government they desire and in actual fact regulate their own internal affairs, we should continue during the interim period to exert our influence to assure that the Polish people have the full possibility at a later date freely to express their will in the choice of their government and that they have the right to establish a truly democratic government which would foster and maintain freedom of expression, freedom of the press and infor- mation, and personal liberty. In order to assist in the attainment of this end, we should sponsor United Nations arrangements for this supervision of elections in liberated countries. Frontier Question Although the frontier question has figured prominently in the dis- cussion of the Polish-Soviet dispute, it is felt that this matter is defi- nitely secondary to the major problem, the establishment of a viable and truly independent Polish Government. In this regard it is felt that the United States Government should use its influence to obtain a solution of this problem which would minimize future points of friction, possible Irredentism and minimize the number of minority groups which would have to be transferred as

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