760C.6215/1–3147
The British Embassy to the Department of State
Memorandum
The question of the Polish-German frontier is one of the major problems which will fall to be settled at the forthcoming meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers in Moscow. His Majesty’s Government in seeking to determine their attitude before this problem have reluctantly come to the tentative conclusion that there is no practical alternative to accept as final the existing provisional Polish-German frontier. They are not, however, finally committed on this question.
2. Mr. Byrnes’ speech at Stuttgart and recent broadcasts on the network of the United States forces in Germany have suggested that [Page 150] the United States Government may wish to secure a revision of the frontier line in favour of Germany. His Majesty’s Government would be grateful to learn whether this is in fact the intention of the United States Government and, if so, to know on what grounds the United States Government would propose to present the case.