860C.00/11–1645: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Poland (Lane)
314. Urtel 568, Nov 16. While in principle Dept does not look with favor upon any limitation of political activities in Poland and will oppose any attempt to establish a unity front party system in Poland, it does not for following reasons feel that it would be advisable to protest limitation of Pol political parties as recently decreed by Council of Homeland: (1) the six political parties now established in Poland, if they are permitted to carry on their own campaigns and put forward independent platforms and separate lists of candidates, would seem to be representative of the principal democratic strata in the country; (2) because of the past record of Endeks7 it is not [Page 426] believed that we should put ourselves in a position of pressing for reestablishment of this party; (3) on basis of experience after last war, the fragmentation of political parties in many countries only led to instability of governments and worked against the adoption of constructive programs.
BritEmb will be advised re Dept’s views as set forth above.
- National Democratic Party.↩