860C 5034/4–3046
The Polish Embassy to the Department of State34
Aide-Mémoire
Last week, at the Polish National Council in Warsaw, the Prime Minister of Poland35 made the following statement on the question of Parliamentary elections in Poland:
“We desire that the will of the people and their sovereign rights should find an early expression in general, secret, proportional, direct and equal elections to a constituent Assembly in which all democratic and non-fascist political groups should participate. In this desire we are in full agreement with the provisions of the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences. The elections to the constituent Assembly will, therefore, be held in autumn this year and the referendum will be an initial step leading to these elections. The referendum will be held on June 30th.”
The above statement disposes of any doubts as to the fact of holding elections as well as to their democratic character.