Office of the Historian

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

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1942, vol. iii, pp. 100–212.

[264] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

[Washington,] March 23, 1943.

760C.61/3–2343

[266] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Standley) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, April 3, 1943—2 p.m.
[Received 11 p.m.]

760C.61/1015: Telegram

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

London, April 5, 1943—8 p.m.
[Received April 5—7 p.m.]

760C.61/1016: Telegram

[271] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Standley) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, April 6, 1943—8 p.m.
[Received (April 7?)—1:05 p.m.]

760C.61/1017: Telegram

[274] President Roosevelt to the Polish Prime Minister (Sikorski)

Washington, April 12, 1943.

Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y. This letter was enclosed in instruction No. 53, April 14, to the Ambassador to the Polish Government in Exile, for delivery to General Sikorski (760C.61/1018).

[275] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Standley) to the Secretary of State

Kuibyshev (Moscow), April 14, 1943—6 p.m.
[Received 8:25 p.m.]

740.0011 European War 1939/28983: Telegram

[277] The Minister in Switzerland (Harrison) to the Secretary of State

Bern, April 15, 1943.
[Received 11:15 a.m.]

740.0011 European War 1939/29008: Telegram

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

London, April 17, 1943—6 p.m.
[Received April 17—4:40 p.m.]

760C.61/1022: Telegram

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

London, April 17, 1943—7 p.m.
[Received 8:33 p.m.]

760C.61/1023: Telegram

[282] The Second Secretary of Embassy in the Soviet Union (Page) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, April 19, 1943—5 p.m.
[Received April 20—5:15 p.m.]

740.00116 European War 1939/876: Telegram

[283] The Minister in Switzerland (Harrison) to the Secretary of State

Bern, April 19, 1943—7 p.m.
[Received 11:40 p.m.]

740.00116 European War 1939/878: Telegram

[285] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

[Washington,] April 21, 1943.

760C.61/4–2143

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

London, April 21, 1943—2 p.m.
[Received 4:48 p.m.]

760C.61/1029: Telegram

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

London, April 23, 1943—7 p.m.
[Received 11:43 p.m.]

760C.61/1031: Telegram

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

London, April 24, 1943—3 p.m.
[Received 6:55 p.m.]

760C.61/1032: Telegram

[290] The Secretary of State to President Roosevelt

Washington, April 25, 1943.

760C.61/4–2443: Telegram

[291] The British Prime Minister (Churchill) to President Roosevelt

London, April 25, 1943.

760C.61/4–2543: Telegram

[293] President Roosevelt to the Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union (Stalin)

Washington, April 26, 1943—1:30 p.m.

Copy of telegram obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y. Secretary of State Hull stated in his Memoirs (vol. ii, p. 1268): “The President cabled me with reference to Stalin’s message, suggesting we send an immediate message to Stalin in his name, requesting the Soviet leader not to create a formal rupture of relations with Poland. I dispatched this message to Moscow on the morning of April 26.” The Ambassador in the Soviet Union reported to the Department that he transmitted the President’s message for Stalin to Molotov on April 27, 1943 (760C.61/1049). A copy of this telegram was also sent to Prime Minister Churchill.

  1. A pencilled note on the file copy reads: “about April 26, 43”.↩