Interest of the United States in the Polish Government in Exile, and in its relations with the Soviet Union, 1939–1941 1

1. For correspondence regarding the intervention of the Soviet Union in Poland on September 17, 1939, and the maintenance by the United States of diplomatic contact with the Polish Government, see Foreign Relations, 1939, Vol. i, pp. 428 ff. and ibid., Vol. ii, pp. 669 ff.


[217] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union ( Steinhardt ) to the Secretary of State

740.0011 European War 1939/352: Telegram


[218] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union ( Steinhardt ) to the Secretary of State

740.0011 European War 1939/419: Telegram


[220] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union ( Steinhardt ) to the Secretary of State

740.0011 European War 1939/503: Telegram


[221] The Polish Ambassador ( Potocki ) to the Secretary of State

860C.01/498


[225] The Polish Ambassador ( Potocki ) to the Secretary of State

860C.01/536


[226] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Secretary of State (Long)

840.48 Regis. Commission for Polish Relief, Inc.


[228] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France ( Bullitt )

740.00111–A Recruiting/150: Telegram


[229] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant ) to the Secretary of State

741.60C11/12


[230] The Chargé in Germany ( Kirk ) to the Secretary of State

860C.014/107


[232] The Chargé to the Polish Government in Exile ( Schoenfeld ) to the Secretary of State

701.60C11/431: Telegram


[237] The Chargé to the Polish Government in Exile ( Achilles ) to the Secretary of State

860C.01B11/27: Telegram


[238] The Chargé to the Polish Government in Exile ( Achilles ) to the Secretary of State

860C.01B11/29: Telegram


[239] The Polish Chargé ( Kwapiszewski ) to the Secretary of State

861.012/209


[244] The Ambassador to the Polish Government in Exile ( Biddle ) to the Secretary of State

740.0011 European War 1939/12361: Telegram


[246] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Acting Secretary of State

740.0011 European War 1939/12508

  1. Subsequent to the defeat of France, the French Government had given notice that Polish diplomatic representation should be withdrawn by September 23, 1940. Toward the end of June, Polish authorities were already transferring to Great Britain. The American Chargé, Rudolf E. Schoenfeld, first called upon the Polish Foreign Minister in London on September 21, 1940.