Evening star., 1945-06-23
Polish
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way Of Allied progress toward COM
plete harmony.
Assignment Of cabinet posts is ex-
pected to be made in warsaw next
week.
The agreement to form a new
government including representa-
tives of the Soviet-sponsored War
saw government, democratic leaders
from Poland and former members
Of the rival emigre government in
London, was announced last night
in statement by Soviet Commissar
Vyacheslav M. Molotov, British AM
bassador Sir Archibald Clark Kerr
and United States Ambassador w.
Averell Hartman, comprising the
commission authorized by the Cri-
mea Conference to settle the
problem.
While Britain and the United
States had officially recognized the
London Polish government, Prime
Minister Churchill and President
Roosevelt agreed at Yalta that when
the Soviet-sponsored government
was reorganized as national unity
regime, Britain and the United
States would establish diplomatic
relations with it.
The agreement. reached by three
groups of Poles in a series Of Mos
COW conferences between June II
and June al, will give Poland what
was described as a coalition gov
ernment," with the Socialist, Peas
ant and workers parties represented
and with the way cleared for rep
resentation of the Christian Labor
and other democratic parties.
Complete personnel of the new
provisional government will be an
nounced at Warsaw within a few
days, it was stated, and then, in ac-
cordance with the Crimea agree
ment, will follow recognition by the
United States, Great Britain and
the Soviet Union.
The agreement said that the con-
ferees had decided to invite the fol-
lowing Poles to participate in the
state government:
Wincenty Witos, 71-year- -old for
mer Peasant party leader; Stanis-
law Mikolajczyk, former premier of
the emigre government in London;
Wladyslaw Kiernik, former Polish
Minister of the Interior; Czeslaw
from inside Poland; Stanis-
law Grabski, 74-year- old former
president of the Polish National
Council; Jan Stanczyk, former Min
lister of Labor In the Polish emigre
government; Meczislaw Thugut, for
mer Minister of the Interior.
Invited From Abroad.
Witos and Grabski have been in
vited to join the Presidium (board)
Of the new National Polish Council.
The agreement stated also that
a number Of democratic leaders
hitherto resident abroad, includ-
ing Karol Popiel, chairman of the
Labor Party, had been invited to
participate in state activity.
The announcement of the agree
ment said the following participated
in the Polish reorganization con-
ferences:
Representing the provisional Polish
government: President Boleslaw
Beirut, Deputy President Wlady-
slaw Kowalski, Prime Minister
Eduard Osubkamorawski and Dep
uty Prime Minister Wladyslaw
Gomolka.
Democratic leaders from Poland:
DR.. Kiernik, who took the place of
Witos, who was i'll; DR.. Henry
Kolodzie jski, Prof. Adam Krzya-
nowski, Prof. Stanislaw Kutzreba
and Zygmund Zulawski.
Polish democratic leaders from
abroad: Stanislaw Mikolajczyk and
Anton Kolodzeij, who, with Jan
Stanezyk, were invited to the con-
ference by the commission consist
ing of Molotov, Clark Kerr and
Hartman.
The agreement was announced
less than a month after Harry
Hopkins, President Truman's per-
sonal representative, went to the
Soviet capital for a series of con-
ferences with Premier Stain and
arrangements for the meeting of
Polish factions we're announced i'm
mediately after Mr.. Hopkins re-
turned to the United States.