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The Secretary of State to Representative Thomas Gallagher
My Dear Mr. Gallagher: I have given most careful consideration to the draft of the proposed resolution relative to Poland which you submitted to me on June 14 and to your request for an expression of my views as to the propriety of introducing such a resolution in the House of Representatives.
It is my opinion, and I know I share the views of the President in this respect, that it is not wise to take action piecemeal with regard to a final settlement. Our attitude is clearly spoken by our actions which can leave the world in no doubt as to where we stand. We have already recognized the representatives of a Polish State. If we are to be definite in the case of this particular national aspiration, it might well be said that we should be equally definite in the case of the others, and we should hardly know where to stop, definition being at each step increasingly difficult. I think it would be wiser then to defer the introduction of this resolution.
Thanking you for having consulted me in this matter, I am [etc.]