Evening star., 1944-02-07
Reds May Recognize
Polish State Other
Than Exile Regime
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 7.-Russia
strongly intimated today that
she is planning to give her off,
cial blessing to establishment OF
a new Polish state independent
OF the exile government in Lon
don as a basis for settling vexine
Polish territorial problems in
her own way. 5
This development conceded with
bitter Soviet verbal attack on Bull
garia and a sharp air raid on the
. Finnish capital of Helsinki-events
which were generally interpreted
here as warnings to those two coun-
tries to sever their connections with
Germany.
The tipoff on Russias intentions
toward Poland came in a Moscow
broadcast recorded by the Soviet
monitor here declaring that as Red
Army troops drive out the German
invaders a new democratic Poland
will arise and all conditions for
friendly cooperation of the Ukrain-
ian and Polish peoples will be Gre
ated.' ..,-.
Future Negotia tions Hinted.
The broadcast added that the
establishment of a separate foreign
Office In the Ukrainian Soviet re-
public would create stimulus for "a
friendly rapprochement of these
states and may require conclusion
/, of special agreements for strength
ening their friendly connections be-
, tween them"
This statement, limiting at pos
sible future treaty negotiations,
gave added significance to action
taken at Moscow last week extend
ing to each of the is separate
Soviet republics the right to handle
their own foreign affairs.
1t appeared here that the strate-
gically located Ukraine was slated
for a key role in a Soviet plan to
settle boundary issues and at the
same time build a powerful Slav bloc
against future German aggression.
: There also was a hint of the role
which other individual Soviet re-
publics may be expected to play in
the settlement of important frontier
problems.
Indicating that the Polish gov
ernment-in- Exile in London was to
be ignored entirely in this plan, the
Moscow broadcast said that "the
emigre Polish government not in
frequently displays imperialistic,
pro-Fascist tendencies in its poll
tics, and added:
1T is obvious that such tendencies
preclude even the possibility of
friendly agreement"
Ukrainian Commissar Named.
Significantly, perhaps, it was dis
closed that Alexander E. Kornei-
chuk had been named commissar of
foreign affairs for the Ukrainian
Soviet republic. Korneichuk, who
resigned only last week as the
Kremlin's vice commissar of foreign
affairs, has strongly opposed Po-
lands claims to her prewar eastern
borders. He is the husband of
Wanda Vassilevska, president of the
Union of Polish Patriots in Mos
COW, which has been highly critical
Of the exile government.
Although the Russians have de-
MED officially reports that they have
presented Finland with an ultima
tum to quit the war, the bombing
of Helsinki by Soviet planes last
night was generally taken as a
warning to the Firms that with the
lifting of the siege of Leningrad
Soviet forces are now ready to deal
with them.
The Russian attack on Bulgaria
came in the form of a Moscow
broadcast bitterly denouncing the
Sofia government on the grounds
that Bulgarian ports were being
used by the Germans against Rus
sia