760C.61/2302: Telegram
The Chargé to the Polish Government in Exile (Schoenfeld) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7:54 p.m.]
43 Poles. Mikolajczyk tells me that a recent report from the Polish underground indicates that the working arrangement between the underground and the Soviet Commander in Volhynia (my 35, April 10, 1 p.m.)66 was not fulfilling initial hopes.
Cooperation between the Polish underground forces and the Soviet Military continues on the fighting front but relations with the Soviet civil authorities behind the lines are bad. The Soviet authorities are also compelling Poles to join the Berling armies.
Mikolajczyk states he believes the arrangement will continue to operate where there is active fighting; i.e., both at the front and in the areas behind the German lines where Soviet parachutists have been dropped. The latter particularly need the assistance of the underground. But he indicated doubt as to the eventual outcome of the arrangement and mentioned that Moscow had still not publicly affirmed or denied the arrangement.