Office of the Historian

860C.24/107a: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador to the Polish Government in Exile (Biddle), at London

Washington, June 19, 1941—11 p.m.

2194. From Hopkins.75 Poland included under lend-lease.76 We are now trying to get equipment required for training purposes in Canada. Please advise Sikorski and give him my warm regards.

Hull
  1. Harry L. Hopkins, head of the Lend-Lease program.↩
  2. President Roosevelt announced on September 4, 1941, that he had authorized the transfer of various defense articles to the Government of Poland under the Lend-Lease Act, and declared that the resistance of Polish forces was “vital to the defense of the United States.” For text of announcement, see Department of State Bulletin, September 6, 1941, p. 181. A master lend-lease agreement was concluded with Poland on July 1, 1942; for text, see Department of State Executive Agreement Series No. 257, or 56 Stat. 1542.↩