760C.61/4–2643: Telegram
The British Prime Minister (Churchill) to President Roosevelt
285. Former Naval Person to President Roosevelt. I repeat to you herewith the reply I have just received to my telegram which I forwarded to you in my number 284.34 I shall be glad of your views.
Begins Premier Stalin to Premier Churchill personal and most secret. Kremlin April 25th.
“I received your message concerning the Polish affairs. Many thanks for your interest in the matter. I would like, however, to point out that the interruption of relations with the Polish Government is already decided and today V M Molotov delivered a note to this effect. Such action was demanded by my colleagues as the Polish official press is ceaselessly pursuing and even daily expanding its campaign hostile to the USSR. I was obliged also to take into account the public opinion of the Soviet Union which is deeply indignant at the ingratitude and treachery of the Polish Government.
“With regard to the publication of the Soviet document concerning the interruption of relations with the Polish Government, I am sorry to say that such publication cannot be avoided.”