File No. 860c.01/29a
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France ( Sharp )
2703. Department has been advised that a National Polish Committee has been organized with headquarters in Paris, under the presidency of Roman Dmowski, and that among the other members of the committee are Piltz, Seyda, Sobanski, Zamoyski and Paderewski. Department has been further advised that there has been organized a Polish National Department with headquarters in Chicago constituting a federation of all important Polish organizations in the United States. Paderewski is the official representative of this organization.
Please at once get in touch with members of National Polish Committee in Paris and state to them that you will gladly transmit to your Government a formal definite request by their committee for recognition, such request to state:
- (1)
- Purposes of committee;
- (2)
- Factions or parties represented by the committee;
- (3)
- Nature of recognition desired.
If a formal written request of this character is handed you, please cable substance of it at once to Department.
This Government is inclined to recognize officially this committee provided its personnel is as stated above and its purposes in accord with the statements made to Department by its representatives in this country, among whom is Paderewski.
[Page 766]Please furnish Department with this information as speedily as possible, because, if action is to be taken, Department wishes to make announcement on October 14, the anniversary of the death of Kosciuszko.