840.50 UNRRA/3–2846

The Polish Ambassador (Lange) to the Secretary of State92

The Ambassador of Poland presents his compliments to the Secretary of State and has the honor to refer to the communication of the Acting Secretary of State dated January 10, 1946,93 concerning the decision of the Congress of the United States in voting the American contribution to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, whereby the Congress requests the President to facilitate through the appropriate channels the admission into areas receiving UNRRA aid of properly accredited members of the American press and radio, in order that they may be permitted to report without censorship on the utilization and distribution of UNRRA supplies and services.

The Ambassador has the honor to inform the Secretary of State that foreign correspondents who come to Poland are being granted all available facilities to enable them to exercise their functions fully and freely. Copies filed by properly accredited foreign correspondents in Poland are not submitted to any censorship.

All such facilities are, of course, extended to properly accredited members of the American press and radio.

  1. This note was delivered to the Acting Secretary of State by Stefan Litauer, the Counselor of the Polish Embassy, on March 29, 1946; see memorandum of conversation, infra.
  2. Note of January 10, 1946, not printed.