860C.01/12–2344: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:50 p.m.]
4973. ReEmbs 4777, December 11, 10 p.m.29 The Military Mission30 was requested last night to obtain immediate approval for the clearance of a Soviet transport plane to Paris via Italy in order to take Mr. Jedrychowsky, official of the Polish National Committee, his wife, daughter, and Mr. Kolilie, secretary. Previously the Lublin Committee representative in Moscow, Jedrychowsky, is to be the agent of the [Page 1441] Committee whom General de Gaulle agreed the French Government would receive and in exchange for whom would send a major, now Second Secretary of the French Mission in Moscow, to Lublin. I understand from other sources than CPS sources31 that the Polish Committee will proclaim itself the Provisional Government of Poland before the end of the year, probably December 31. The Soviets are evidently anxious to have Jedrychowsky arrive in Paris at the time of the above action. I understand further that the Soviets plan to induce the Bulgarian and Rumanian Governments to recognize the Polish Provisional Government and pressure will be put on other small countries to do likewise.