Evening star., 1945-07-08
Poles
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Embassy back from the Polish
American Congress to the "Repub-
lie of Poland" was filed Friday, Mr.
Weaver said. In the meantime, he
added. State Department official
had visited his Office to check on
the July 3 deed.
Mr.. Weaver did not know what
had brought about the reverse
deed and officials who did know
would not permit themselves to be
quoted.
1t was learned, however, that Mr..
CiechanowSki had been informed,
politely but firmly, that his at
tempted transfer of the Embassy
property was illegal and that he
promptly agreed to see that it was
not carried out.
A 1941 executive order freezing
Polish assets in this country-along
with those of other nations over
ridden by the Germans-prohibited
any transfer of Polish government
property except by special permis-
sion of the Treasury Department.
While the deed executed by Mr..
Ciechanowski as the agent of the
Polish government here thus did
not give the Polish American Con-
gress a clear title to the property,
it was assumed that officials in
sisted that the Congress deed the
property back in order to avoid
any legal technicalities.
Original Deed Recorded July 3.
The original deed was said TO
have been recorded at 1851 pm.
Tuesday. Recognition of the War
saw government was announced by
the President at 7 pm. Thursday,
but Mr.. Ciechanowski had been in
formed previously that it was COM
ing. The consideration mentioned
in the July 3 deed was $17,500.
The Polish American Congress, in
corporated in Illinois and headed
by Charles Rozmarek of Chicago as
president, claims to represent 6,000,-
900 Americans of Polish descent in
carrying on a violently Russian
campaign in behalf of the group of
Poles in London which 1t claims is
the only legal Polish government.
Only yesterday the Congress pub
lished advertisements in Washington
newspapers containing "declara-
ton" denouncing as Communist
controlled Moscow clique" the new
provisional government set up in
Warsaw following Anglo American
Russian negotiations in conformity
with the Big Three Yalta agreement.
The declaration" adopted at a
Congress meeting here June % and
20, charged that Poland has been
handed over with the sanction of
Great Britain and the United States
to its rapacious neighbor.'
Warsaw Regime Called Puppet.
Disclosure of the effort to turn
over the Polish Embassy here to
the Polish American group came
close on the heels of press confer
ence statement by Mr.. Ciechan-
owski, making public a vigorous
protest to the State Department
against recognition of the Warsaw
regime, which he termed "puppet"
dominated by a foreign power.
Mr.. Ciechanowski told questioners
at the conference that he planned to
vacate the Embassy soon, but that
he personally would not turn it over
to the Warsaw group. He declined
To predict what arrangements would
be made about the property.
He obviously was embarrassed
when asked by The Star last night
about the incident of the deeds and
insisted that the matter should be
forgotten. He argued that there
was no conveyance OF the property
to the Polish American Congress
because the transaction was re
versed" Immediately it was found
mot possible"
Mr. Ciechanowski also insisted
no political motive was involved
In the contemplated" transaction.
He said it was undertaken with a
bona fide" idea of preserving the
property as a historical center. He
recalled that the property had been
acquired by the Polish government
in 1919 Immediately after an indie
pendent Poland was set up follow
ing the orld War.
Property of Warsaw Government.
1t is presumed that the United
States regards the Embassy as the
property Of the Warsaw provisional
government now, since the govern
ment is recognized officially as a
successor to the exile regime which
we had dealt with in London
throughout the war with Ger
many.
Mr.. Ciechanowski, who came here
in 1941 as Ambassador of the exile
government, said at his press con-
ference yesterday that as result
of recognition of the Warsaw regime
he no longer could carry on his
official and legal duties here. He
fatty refused, however, to recognize
the Warsaw group as a legal govern
ment of Poland and referred several
times to the London regime as the
constitutional Polish government. +"
The envoy said the fall of Ger
many, which had brought victory
to his country's allies, had meant
for Poland only defeat and the
loss Of her independence. Even
Nazi Germany, he added, has lost
less territory as a result Of the war
than Poland whose lighting record
as a member of the United Nations
during this war is unassailable.
Recognition of the Warsaw group,
his protest to the State Department
declared. amounts to recognition Of
the suppression of Polaud's i1de-,