860C.51/6–2146: Telegram
The Ambassador in Poland (Lane) to the Secretary of State
most immediate
[Received 4:10 p.m.]
930. In reply to Dept’s 547, June 19, 2 p.m.,64 I agree with Dept that assurances given to me by Premier Osóbka Morawski justify us in renewing delivery of materials under 50 million dollar OFLC credit. If therefore, I am so authorized by Secretary I shall inform Polish Govt that deliveries are to be renewed.
In the event that assurances given to me by Osóbka are not carried out re publication of treaty texts and furnishing us with information re quantities and prices we can always again suspend further deliveries.
In order that our action in renewing deliveries may not be used as political capital immediately prior to holding of referendum on June 30 I suggest that provided Polish Govt has fulfilled Osóbka’s promises Dept issue press statement re action taken on the afternoon of Saturday June 29. We feel that it is important that any press announcement should not be made subsequent to referendum so as to avoid impression being created that our action is due to our satisfaction with procedure employed and with result of referendum.65
Sent Dept as 930; repeated Paris for Secretary as 179.
- Not printed.↩
- Telegram 3053, Delsec 607, June 22, from the Secretary of State at Paris, authorized Ambassador Lane to inform the Polish Government that the deliveries of surplus property would be resumed (860C.51/6–2246). For text of the Department’s announcement of June 26, regarding the resumption of these deliveries, see Department of State Bulletin, July 7, 1946, p. 33.↩