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    "ocrText": "J. 333305MONO-State\nGalley 697\nUNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF\nreport-this report may have to be oral as we have not completed our\ndrafting.\n3. Reparations:\nTwo papers on this subject presented by Mr. Molotov at the meet-\ning over which he presided are still under consideration.\n4. Poland:\nThe plenary session yesterday referred the Polish question to the\nForeign Ministers. The status of this is that Molotov presented a\npaper at the plenary session the day before yesterday, and yesterday\nthe President presented a counter proposal.\n5. Iran:\nYou might ask Molotov if, after thinking over the points made\nyesterday on Iran, he has any comments to make.\nThe points were:\n(a) Respect for the Iranian decision not to grant oil concessions\nuntil after the war.\n(b) Suggest for announcement now that the three powers would be\nprepared to begin to withdraw their troops from Iran pari passu, (i. e.,\nby equal steps.)\n6. Points mentioned by Mr. Eden Yesterday:\nYou may wish to ask whether Mr. Eden would like to say anything\nfurther with respect to the additional points he mentioned yesterday.\nThese points were:\n(a) Questions relating to the Bulgarian Control Commission;\n(b) Questions relating to the Yugoslav frontier.\nBohlen Collection\nUnited States Proposal Regarding the Polish Government 1\n1 Authorship not indicated. This paper was attached to Bohlen's minutes of\nthe Plenary Meeting on the afternoon of February 9, at which time the proposal\nwas again discussed; see post, p. - On August 13, 1954, Matthews wrote that\nhe thought Bohlen was the author (640.0029/8-1354).\nTOP SECRET\n[YALTA,] February 9, 1945.\nSUGGESTIONS IN REGARD TO THE POLISH GOVERNMENTAL QUESTION\nAfter further consideration I agree with Mr. Molotov's statement\nthat the question of the creation of a Presidential Committee should\nbe dropped and am therefore prepared to withdraw our suggestion on\nthat point.\nI believe that, with this change, our three positions are not far\napart on the substance of the governmental question. Mr. Molotov\nspoke of the reorganization of the Polish Government. The British\nformula suggests the establishment of a fully representative \"Pro-\nvisional Polish Government\" and we speak of the formation of a\n\"Government of National Unity\". All three agree that only the\nPoles themselves can definitely decide this. All three agree that this\ngovernment should be composed of members of the present Polish\nProvisional Government and in addition representatives of other\ndemocratic elements inside Poland and some Polish democratic\nleaders from abroad."
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