840.4016/12–445: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Poland (Lane)
331. Urtel 629, Dec 4, repeated USPolAd as 145. Dept has no objection your stating orally to Polish Govt US views on population transfers provided you give substance of message transmitted Deptel 310, Nov. 30. (Missions to which latter telegram was repeated were instructed inform govts to which accredited of substance your communication to Polish Govt.)
In view of point 4 urtel 629, you may after delivering oral statement make appropriate comment to clarify fact that Dept’s action is in no way reflection of lack of appreciation of what Poles have suffered at hands of Germans and is based entirely on US interest in seeing that article 13 Potsdam Agreement is carried out in humane manner in accordance with spirit in which it was adopted.
Repeated USPolAd Berlin as 1043.