760C.61/4–2143
Statement Issued by the Polish Government in Exile, at London, on April 20, 194316
In a communiqué issued by the Polish Government, following a meeting of the Cabinet on March 18, it was stated that the Cabinet took note of a report from authoritative quarters in Poland containing expression of the fact that the entire country stood in solidarity with the declarations made by the Polish Government concerning the Eastern frontiers as well as the relations with the Soviet Union.
On March 28, the underground paper, Rzeczpospolita Polska (Polish Republic), contained the following declaration on this subject by the political representatives in Poland:
“The political representatives in Poland are in complete solidarity with the attitude taken by the Government concerning the Eastern frontiers of Poland as expressed in the Cabinet’s resolution of February 25, 1943, and also as expressed in the Polish Telegraph Agency communiqué of March 5, 1943.
“Despite the fact that by the agreement of August 1939 the Soviets divided Poland between Germany and Russia, and despite the fact that they thus made impossible any effective defense against the German invasion, the Polish nation is prepared to live on good neighborly terms with the Soviets provided the Soviets recognize without reservation Poland’s pre-1939 Eastern Frontiers, as defined in the Riga Treaty, and do not interfere in Poland’s internal affairs. The whole Polish nation unanimously and steadfastly maintains the view that the pre-1939 Eastern frontiers of Poland are to remain inviolate.”
- Copy transmitted to the Department by the Polish Ambassador on April 21, 1943.↩