U.S. CONCERN OVER ELECTIONS IN POLAND

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5321, 6 February 1947, Page 5

U.S. CONCERN OVER ELECTIONS IN POLAND

WARRINGTON, February S. President Truman personally told Ihe new Po^ish Ambassador, Mr. Josef Winiewiez, that the Polish Government had failed to fulfil its pledge to hold free natio))al olections. Mr. Truman, however, received the Envoy and accepted him as "-Ambassador of the Republic of Poland." This apparently ended speculation that the United States mig'ht break diplomatic relations with Poland as a result of the manner in which the olections were held. President Truman said: "It is a cause of deep concern to me and to the American people that the Polish Provisional Government has failed to fulfil its pledge. The United States Government has not lost interest in the Polish people's welfare. It is with this in mind that I offer to you the co-operation of the officials of this Government." A London message says the Foreign Under-Secretary, Mr. Mayhew, in a written reply in the House of Commons said the British F'mbassy in Warsaw had been instructed to make it widely known in Poland that the British Government gave no support whatever to underground movements hostile to the Polish Provisional Government. The Associated Press' Warsaw correspondent reports that neither the British nor the American Ambassador, nor their stafis, attending the opening of the new Polish Parliament to-day.