Office of the Historian

Participation of the United States in the negotiations regarding the establishment of a Polish Provisional Government of National Unity, and the determination of the boundaries of Poland

[165] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)

Washington, April 7, 1945—7 p.m.

860C.01/4–745: Telegram

[166] The Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union (Stalin) to President Roosevelt

April 7, 1945.

Transmitted to President Roosevelt under cover of a letter dated April 9, 1945, from the Ambassador of the Soviet Union, Andrey Andreyevich Gromyko, not printed. Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y.

[167] The Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union (Stalin) to the British Prime Minister (Churchill)

April 7, 1945.

Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y. Forwarded to the President by Soviet Ambassador Gromyko under cover of a letter dated April 9, not printed, in pursuance of instructions of Marshal Stalin.

[168] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, April 9, 1945—9 p.m.
[Received April 9—9:40 a.m.]

860C.014/4–945: Telegram

[169] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, April 9, 1945—10 p.m.
[Received April 9—7:31 p.m.]

860C.01/4–945: Telegram

[170] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, April 10, 1945—9 p.m.
[Received April 10—5:05 p.m.]

860C.014/4–1045: Telegram

[171] President Roosevelt to the British Prime Minister (Churchill)

[Warm Springs, Georgia,] 10 April 1945.

Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y. The draft text of this message was telegraphed to the President at Warm Springs, Georgia, at 10:14 a.m., April 10, accompanied by the following message from the Secretary of State to the President: “In view of the statement in the Prime Minister’s message to Stalin that he might have to make a public announcement in the House of Commons on a breakdown of the Polish negotiations, we feel that it would be wise for you to send, if you approve, the following cautionary message to the Prime Minister to make sure that he does nothing along those lines without consultation.” The President’s telegraphic approval of the message to Churchill was received at 11:30 a.m. the same day, and the message was sent from Washington to London at 12:32 p.m.

[172] The British Prime Minister (Churchill) to President Roosevelt

London, 11 April 1945.

Copy of telegram obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y.

[173] President Roosevelt to the British Prime Minister (Churchill)

[Warm Springs, Georgia,] April 11, 1945.

Copy of telegram obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y.

[175] President Truman to the British Prime Minister (Churchill)

[Washington,] April 13, 1945.

860C.01/4–1345: Telegram

[176] President Truman to the British Prime Minister (Churchill)

[Washington,] April 13, 1945—4:30 p.m.

860C.01/4–1345: Telegram

[177] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)

Washington, April 14, 1945—3 p.m.

123 Harriman, W. Averell/4–1445: Telegram

[178] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harrimam) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, April 14, 1945—9 p.m.
[Received April 14—8 p.m.]

860C.01/4–1445: Telegram

[179] Memorandum by the Secretary of State to President Truman

[Washington,] April 15, 1945.

860C.01/4–1545

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

London, April 16, 1945—10 a.m.
[Received 7:15 p.m.]

860C.01/4–1645: Telegram

[181] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, April 16, 1945—4 p.m.
[Received April 16—11:25 a.m.]

860C.01/4–1645: Telegram

[182] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)

Washington, April 16, 1945—4 p.m.

860C.01/4–1645: Telegram

[183] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, April 16, 1945—7 p.m.
[Received April 16—6:26 p.m.]

760C.61/4–1645: Telegram

[184] The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Kennan) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, April 17, 1945—2 p.m.
[Received April 17—8:42 a.m.]

860C.01/4–1745: Telegram

[185] The Secretary of State to the Chargé in the Soviet Union (Kennan)

Washington, April 17, 1945—7 p.m.

760C.61/4–1645: Telegram

[187] The Secretary of State to the Chargé in the Soviet Union (Kerman)

Washington, April 18, 1945—7 p.m.

860C.014/4–1045: Telegram

[188] The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Kennan) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, April 18, 1945—midnight.
[Received April 18—11:59 p.m.]

860C.014/4–1845: Telegram

[189] The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Kennan) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, April 18, 1945—midnight.
[Received April 18—10:40 p.m.]

862.014/4–1845: Telegram

[191] The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Kennan) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, April 21, 1945—4 p.m.
[Received April 21—12:10 p.m.]

760C.61/4–2145: Telegram

[193] Minutes of First Meeting Regarding the Polish Question

April 22, 1945, 9:50 p.m. to 11:40 p.m.

860C.01/4–2245