800.4016 DP/10–2145: Telegram
The United States Political Adviser for Germany (Murphy) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 21—8:07 a.m.]
821. Prisoners of War and Displaced Persons Division inquires whether reference contained in Article XIII of the Potsdam report referring to “Poland” also includes new Poland as defined in Article IX B54 of the report. This information desired in order to transfer the correct populations from Poland into occupied Germany.
This office has replied that in view of wording of Article IX B of the report on the Tripartite Conference of Berlin, namely that the area referred to therein “shall be under the administration of the Polish State and for such purposes shall not be considered as a part of the Soviet zone of occupation in Germany”, it is believed that such areas should not be regarded as part of Germany, but as coming under the administration of the Polish State. Hence they should be considered as a part of Poland within the meaning of Article XIII of the report.
Please instruct urgently by telegraph whether the above statement is satisfactory.
- Conference of Berlin (Potsdam), vol. ii, p. 1509. For further documentation, see ibid. , index entries under Poland: Frontiers and areas of administration, vol. i, p. 1077, and vol. ii, p. 1631.↩