760C.61/6–1843
Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Chief of the Division of European Affairs (Henderson)
The Polish Ambassador came in to see me this morning at his request. He said that he was extremely disturbed about the lack of progress which had been made towards bringing about a rapprochement between the Polish and Soviet Governments. He had just received a telegram from his Foreign Minister in London stating that Eden had informed the Foreign Minister that thus far the American Government had failed to cooperate with the British Government in endeavors to induce the Soviet Government to assume a more friendly attitude with regard to the Polish Government.
The Ambassador stated that he was somewhat surprised to hear this since it had been his understanding that Mr. Davies had taken up the Polish question while in Moscow. He asked whether to my knowledge Mr. Davies discussed this matter. I told the Ambassador that I could not reply to his question since Mr. Davies went to the Soviet Union as a representative of the President; that such conversations as he had there were on behalf of the President; and that I had no knowledge whatsoever of the character of these conversations.
The Ambassador said that his Foreign Minister had requested him again to approach the American Government with regard to the Polish-Soviet difficulties and to stress to the American Government the importance of some kind of an approach by the American Government to the Soviet Government in the nearest possible future on the subject of Polish-Soviet relations. It was the opinion of the Polish Government that if it would be possible for the British and American Governments to approach the Soviet Government jointly in this matter, their démarche might have some possibility of success.
I told the Polish Ambassador that I would bring his statement to the attention of the appropriate officials of the Department.