860k.01/132: Telegram
The Chargé in the Soviet Union ( Kirk ) to the Secretary of State
[Received March 25—1:35 p.m.]
149. My telegram No. 148, March 25, 5 p.m.69 In discussing Polish-German relations a member of the German Embassy here stated the opinion that certain developments in the question of Danzig may now be expected which would involve the incorporation of that city into the Reich together with permission for Germany to construct an extraterritorial motor road across the Corridor and a guarantee on the part of Germany of the German-Polish frontier.70 The informant added that it would be “unwise” for Poland to refuse these proposals although it was admitted that the internal political opposition in Poland might make it difficult for Beck to accept in the present circumstances.
- Not printed.↩
- The German Minister for Foreign Affairs stated his Government’s desires on these points to the Polish Ambassador in interviews on March 21 and March 26, 1939; see Polish White Book, Official Documents Concerning Polish-German and Polish-Soviet Relations, 1983–1989 (London, Hutchinson and Co., n. d.), doc. Nos. 61 and 63, pp. 61 and 66.↩