Office of the Historian

President Roosevelt to the British Prime Minister (Churchill)3

[Warm Springs, Georgia,] 10 April 1945.

739. I assume Stalin repeated to you his reply to my message4 on Poland, since he sent me his reply to yours.5 We shall have to consider most carefully the implications of Stalin’s attitude and what is to be our next step. I shall, of course, take no action of any kind, nor make any statement without consulting you, and I know you will do the same.

Roosevelt
  1. 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.↩
  2. Reference is to Roosevelt’s message of April 1, p. 194, and Stalin’s reply of April 7, p. 201.↩
  3. See Stalin’s message of April 7 to Churchill, p. 204, and footnotes 83 and 84.↩