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greater I feel that the danger to individual has correspondingly
decreased.
  Procedure apparently employed by UB in almost all cases is identi-
cal, if employee refuses to join organization, he or she is threatened
with death and with death of family. Employee is usually given fur-
ther time to think over matter but is told that divulging info re in-
terview with UB will be punishable by death. UB agents are also
actively investigating nature of work of persons interviewed and
friends received at homes of almost all Polish employees of this Em-
bassy. British Ambassador reports to [apparent garble] similar
conditions British Embassy.
  Provided Dept has no objection I propose in near future as does
British Ai mbassador to protest to FonOff re activities of Security Po-
lice endeavoring to compel Polish citizens to divulge information re-
garding activities of Embassy by which they are employed. Although
no Polish employee of this Embassy is entrusted with confidential
info or activities, it is very much to be regretted that the Polish per-
sonnel should be subjected to such threats as indicated above and I
feel that in the interests of these employees as well as of our own we
are fully justified in registering an emphatic protest.29
  Sent to Dept as 573, repeated to Paris for Secretary of State as
77[?] to London as 92 and to Moscow as 80.
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The Polish, Airbassador (Lange) to the Acting Seeretary of State 30

  The Ambassador of Poland presents his compliments to the Acting
Secretary of State and pursuant to the note of March 29, 1946,31 and
to the exchange of notes between the United States Government and
the Government of Poland under date of April 24, 1946,32 has the
honor to inform him about the issuance of rules and regulations under
the Nationalization Act of January 3, 1946, and particularly about
the decree of the Council of Ministers issued April 1, 1946, in the
matter of procedure governing nationalization of enterprises.
  The decree of the Council of Ministers issued April 1, 1946, con-
tains the regulations relating to the procedure governing the final

  291 In telegram 389, May 2, to Warsaw, the Department stated that it had
no
objection to the action suggested in this paragraph, but assumed that the
Em-
bassy was satisfied that its Polish employees would not be subject to further
persecution as a result of the Embassy action (8600.00/4-2546).
  3 This note was left with the Acting Secretary of State by the Counselor
of the
Polish Embassy on May 2; see memorandum by the Acting Secretary of State,
May 2, p. 443.
  3'Department of State Bulletin, April 21, 1946, p. 670.
  Ibid., May 5, 1946, pp. 761-762.



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