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    "ocrText": "J. 333305-M C N State\nGalley\n450\nUNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF\nMR. STETTINIUS next raised the question of zones for the French.\nThe President was disposed to give the French a zone. This might\ninclude the southern part of the British zone and the northern part\nof the American, said Mr. Stettinius.\nSIR A. CADOGAN asked whether the Americans had had any indica-\ntion from the French what zone they desired; he thought we should\nconsult them before taking our decision. Neither the British nor\nthe Americans had as yet had any such indication.\nIt was agreed that the approval of the Russians should be sought\nto the proposal that the Americans and British should agree on a\nzone with the French; it was also agreed that the French should be\nintegrated into the control machinery.\n2. ZONES OF OCCUPATION IN AUSTRIA\nMR. EDEN raised the question of zones of occupation in Austria.\nMR. MATTHEWS said that there had been general agreement as to\nthe areas except as to exact extent of the Viennese zone.\nMR. EDEN said that Sir William Strang had told the European\nAdvisory Council 5 that we favoured the American view on Vienna\n5 European Advisory Commission. See ante, p. -\nrather than the Russian. He was not sure, however, that apart from\nthis issue there was in fact agreement as to zones.\nIt was recalled that the French had also asked for a zone in Austria.\n3. POLAND\nMR. STETTINIUS said that from the point of view of American public\nopinion it was extremely important that some equitable solution should\nbe reached. It was impossible for the United States Government\nsimply to recognise the Lublin Provisional Government. What\nseemed to be required was some kind of Council including all the rele-\nvant sections including M. Mikolajczyk. Failure to reach a satis-\nfactory solution of this question at the forthcoming meeting would\ngreatly disturb public opinion in America especially among the\nCatholics and might prejudice the whole question of American partici-\npation in the post war world organisation. He asked whether the\nBritish had any formula.\nMR. EDEN agreed that the British too could not simply recognise\nthe Lublin Provisional Government. M. Mikolajczyk had put for-\nward a suggestion for a presidential council which would be chosen\npartly from London elements, partly from the Lublin Provisional\nGovernment and partly from elements in Poland. Of the latter\nhe\ninstanced the Archbishop of Cracow, M. Witos and M. Zulawski,\na\nleader of the Socialist party. He thought that M. Bierut would be a\nmember of the presidential council from the Lublin Provisional\nGovernment.\nSIR A. CADOGAN thought the Russians might be suspicious of a\nproposal which might seem to them rather complicated. He suggested\nthat we should ask them to agree to a new interim Government and\nthat we might suggest a presidential council as one method of securing\nthis. We should avoid suggesting a fusion between the Lublin Provi-\nsional Government and the London Government.\nIt was agreed, upon the proposal of Mr. Stettinius, that the two\nDelegations should put up notes to the President and the Prime\nMinister in the above sense, bringing out in particular the point of the"
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