860C.00/12–445: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Poland (Lane)
346. Dept has given further consideration to the points raised in your 628, Dec. 4, relative to decree limiting number of political parties in Poland.
In meantime Dept has learned from BritEmbs that BritAmb was informed by Mikolajczyk that he was not particularly perturbed by decree limiting to six the number of political parties in Poland and he feared that any effort made to restore Endek might be interpreted as an anti-Soviet move.
It is suggested therefore that you get in touch with Mikolajczyk to ascertain his views on this question. Unless Mikolajczyk advances good grounds for not taking such action, Dept feels that you should make oral representations in general terms along following lines: You should inform PolGov, without making specific reference to any political party, that US Gov feels that any limitation placed upon participation of all democratic parties in the elections is contrary to letter and spirit of Yalta agreement which provides for “the holding of free and unfettered elections as soon as possible in Poland” and stipulates that “all democratic and anti-Nazi parties shall have the right to take part and to put forward candidates”.
If you decide to make these representations you should concert with your Brit colleague who it is understood is to receive similar [Page 431] instructions, but you should avoid giving impression to PolGov that we are making joint representations with Brit.