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No. 501
White House Press Release1
July 5, 1945

Statement by the President

It is with great satisfaction that I announce that effective today as of 7 p.m., Eastern War Time, the Government of the United States has established diplomatic relations with the newly formed Polish Provisional Government of National Unity now established at Warsaw. The establishment of this Government is an important and positive step in fulfilling the decisions regarding Poland reached at Yalta and signed on February 11, 1945.

The new Polish Provisional Government of National Unity has informed me in a written communication2 that it has recognized in their entirety the decisions of the Crimea Conference on the Polish question. The new Government has thereby confirmed its intention to carry out the provisions of the Crimea decision with respect to the holding of elections.

Mr. Arthur Bliss Lane, whom I have chosen as United States Ambassador to Poland, will proceed to Warsaw as soon as possible, accompanied by his staff.

  1. Issued July 5; reprinted from Department of State Bulletin, vol. xiii, p. 47.↩
  2. Text printed ibid. ↩