Moscow Embassy Files, Lot F–96
The Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union (Stalin) to President Roosevelt 33
Thank you for the information regarding your meeting with Mr. Mikolajczyk.
If it is a question of the establishment of military collaboration between the Red Army and the forces of the Polish underground movement fighting against the Hitlerite occupiers this is without doubt an essential matter at the present time in the final defeat of our common enemy. In this connection an important consideration is of course the [Page 1290] correct solution of the question concerning Soviet-Polish relations. You are aware of the point of view of the Soviet Government and its desire to see Poland strong, independent and democratic and Soviet-Polish relations good neighborly and based on firm friendship. The Soviet Government considers as a most important premise for this the reorganization of the emigrant Polish Government which would provide for the participation in it not only of Polish public figures in England but also of Polish public figures in the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. and especially Polish democratic public figures in Poland itself and also the recognition of the Curzon Line by the Polish Government as the line of the new frontier between the U.S.S.R. and Poland.
It must be said, however, that it is not evident from the statements made by Mr. Mikolajczyk in Washington34 that he has made any step forward with respect to this question. That is why it is difficult for me at the present time to express any opinion concerning Mr. Mikolajczyk’s coming to Moscow.
The attention you are giving to the question of Soviet-Polish relations and your efforts in this regard are highly appreciated by all of us.