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more fully) as to situation here and said that so often it happened
that it seemed to be trifling points which had given trouble. He added
that they had tried to avoid raising minor issues. I replied I wanted
him to know we endeavored to inform ourselves by knowing opinion
of all elements within Poland. Olszewski then wished that we might
work with Poles with same understanding in all matters as they had
asked Ambassador Lange to do with our Govt. Olszewski said he
desired talk with me on completely private basis to discuss problems
which provided mutual difficulties and invited Zebrowski and me to
dinner at his home on 31st. I accepted. Olszewski concluded 2-hour
interview by saying he did not understand how misunderstanding with
regard to exchange rate had occurred but as for subject of nationaliza-
tion (presumably the protest) he was still not convinced.
  Sent Dept as 134; repeated to Paris for Lane as 13.28
                                                               KEITH
IO Files: USGA/Ia/46
Memorandun of Transatlantic Telephone Conversation Between the
  Chairman of the American Delegation to the United Nation2
  (Stettinius) in London and the Secretary of State in Washington,
  January 31, 1946 29

  MR. STMrINruS: Hello, Jim. How are you this morning? We are
getting on all right. We got over the Iranian situation yesterday
afternoon all right.30 Jim, we have a situation before us relative to a
Polish resolution on reconstruction 3' that is difficult from the stand-
point of certain members of the Delegation having raised the point of
political assassinations which are taking place in Poland, and Van-
denberg 32 is particularly worried in connection with his constituency

  ' Ambassador Lane was in Paris to attend a conference of economic counselors
and advisers from American missions in Europe. In telegram 520, February
2,
from Paris, he concurred in Keith's views and added that he strongly recom-
mended that the United States continue to refuse to extend credits to Poland
until the questions of press freedom and police repression were satisfactorily
settled (860C.51/2-246). Telegram 538, February 4, from Ambassador Lane in
Paris, reads in part as follows: "I should like to reemphasize my conviction
that
a maintenance of a strong policy with respect to all Soviet dominated govern-
ments is essential to preserve prestige of the United States and to protect
effectively American interests in Eastern Europe." (860C.51/2-446)
  I This verbatim record was made in London where the conversation began
at
2: 05 p. m.
  'For documentation regarding the discussions in the United Nations Organiza-
tion at this time on the question of Iran, see vol. viI, pp. 304-326, passim.
  " On January 29, 1946, the General Committee of the United Nations
General
Assembly unanimously recommended that the General Assembly consider a draft
resolution by the Polish delegation on the reconstruction of countries, members
of the United Nations, devastated by war. For texts of the General Committee's
Report and the Polish draft resolution, see United Nations, Offlcial Reoords
of
the General Assembly, First Session, First Part, Plenary Meetings, p. 581
(here-
inafter cited as GA (I/1, Plenary).
  32 Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, United States Representative to the First
Part of the First Session of the United Nations General Assembly at London.