763.72119/2624½a
The Secretary of State to
President Wilson
Washington
, November
18, 1918.
My Dear Mr. President: I enclose two
radiograms which have been received—one addressed to the Governments of
the four Powers1 and the other to you
personally.
Faithfully yours,
[File copy not signed]
[Enclosure—Telegram—Translation]
General Pilsudski
to President Wilson
Warsaw
[November 17, 1918].
In the name of the Polish Army under my Chief Command I beg you, Mr.
President, kindly to consent to letting the Polish military
formations now under the American flag be sent at the earliest
possible date to Poland and incorporated in the Polish Army
henceforth united under my command. The Polish Nation which was so
long subjected to occupation of the country by foreign troops is now
preparing in the greatest enthusiasm to welcome to the native land
the sons of the Motherland scattered the world over. It appeals to
all the soldiers of Polish birth who have fought under foreign
flags. Your consent, Mr. President, whom Poland regards as its
foremost protection, will be taken by the whole nation as one more
proof of your interest in and good will to the Polish cause.
