711.60C/12–1844
The Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile (Arciszewski) to President Roosevelt 23
Mr. President: Upon assumption of my duties as Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Poland, I have the honor to convey to you, Mr. President, on behalf of the Polish Government and [Page 1344] on my own, expressions of deep gratitude for your constant friendliness to Poland and the Polish Nation.
Your name, Mr. President, is on the lips of all Poles fighting in Poland as well as of those fighting in foreign lands for the freedom and independence of their State. They firmly believe that their sacrifices in the present war will not be in vain.
With this in mind the Polish Government fervently appeals to you, Mr. President, for your support of its endeavors in view of assuring for Poland just bases of national existence, of freedom and independence.
I beg to assure you, Mr. President, that the Polish Government will be faithful to the same principles which have guided the preceding Polish Governments since the German aggression on Poland. This Government, as its predecessors aiming at the strengthening of our alliances and of our friendship with other United Nations, will not spare any effort to reach an equitable, just and durable understanding with our Eastern neighbor.
In closing, may I express to you, Mr. President, my heartfelt thanks for your friendship for Poland expressed in your letter of November 17, 1944, handed to Prime Minister Mikolajczyk by Ambassador Harriman. I shall have the honor in the nearest future more extensively to refer to the problems discussed with Ambassador Harriman.
Please accept [etc.]
- Left with H. Freeman Matthews, Deputy Director of the Office of European Affairs, by Polish Ambassador Giechanowski on December 18, 1944.↩