Office of the Historian

860C.01/8–1144: Telegram

The Chargé to the Polish Government in Exile (Schoenfeld) to the Secretary of State

London, August 11, 1944.
[Received August 11—2:07 p.m.]

Poles 70. President Raczkiewicz has named Tomasz Arciszewski in place of General Sosnkowski as successor designate to the Presidency (my 55, June 573). Arciszewski arrived in London from Poland [Page 1311] about 10 days ago. He was proposed for this post by the Council of National Unity in Poland.74 He is 66, a Socialist and has been Chief of the Executive of the Polish Socialist Party.

[Schoenfeld]
  1. Not printed; but on the question of Polish presidential succession, see Polish Series telegram 50, June 1, from the Chargé to the Polish Government in Exile, p. 1273.↩
  2. The political representation in Poland of the Polish Government in Exile was transformed on January 9, 1944, into a Council of National Unity composed of delegates from the four main political parties.↩