Evening star., 1945-08-03

'tettin would come under Polish
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hope that the negotiations in Lon
don will result in speedy agreement
being reached for this purpose, and
! they regard 1t as matter of great
| Importance that the trial of those
major criminals should begin at the
earliest possible date. The first list
of defendants will be published be-
| fore September lst.
VIII-Austria.
The conference examined a pro-
posal by the Soviet government on
the extension of the authority of
the Austrian provisional govern
ment to all of Austria.
| The three governments agreed
that they were prepared TO examine
this question after the entry of the
British and American forces into
the city of Vienna.
! IX-Poland.
The conference considered oues-
tions relating to the Polish Provi-
sional Government and the western
boundary of Poland
! On the Polish Provisional Govern
ment of National Unity they defined
their attitude in the following state
ment:
A. We have taken note with
pleasure of the agreement reached
among representative Poles from
Poland and abroad which has made
possible the formation, in accord
ance with the decisions reached at
the Crimea Conference. Of Polish
Provisional Government of National
Unity recognized by the three pow
ers. The establishment by the Brit
ish and United States Governments
Of diplomatic relations with the Pol
ish Provisional Government has re-
suited in the Withdrawal of their
recognition from the former polish
government in London, which no
longer exists. -tr .s-.-
The British and United States
Governments have taken measures
to protect the interest of the Polish
provisional government as the rec
ognized government of the Polish
state in the property belonging to
the Polish state located IN their
territories and under their control.
whatever the form of this property
may be. They have further taken
measures to prevent alienation to
third parties of such property. AL
proper facilities will be given to
the Polish provisional government
for the exercise of the ordinary le-
gal remedies for the recovery of any
property belonging to the Polish
state which may have been wrong
fully alienated.
The three powers are anxious to
assist the Polish provisional gov
eminent in facilitating the return
to Poland as soon as practicable of
all Poles abroad who wish to go, in
Guiding members of the Polish
armed forces and the merchant ma
rine. They expect that those Poles
who return home shall be ac-
corded personal and property
rights on the same basis as all
Polish citizens.
The three powers note that the
Polish provisional government, in
accordance with the decisions of the
Crimea Conference, has agreed to
the holding of free and unfettered
elections as soon as possible on the
basis of universal suffrage and Sc
cret ballot in which all democratic
and anti-Nazi parties shall have the
right to take part and to put for
ward candidates, and that repre-
sentatives of the Allied press shall
enjoy full freedom to report to the
world upon developments in Poland
before and during the elections.
B. The following agreement was
reached on the western frontier of
Poland:
In conformity with the agree
ment on Poland reached at the
Crimea Conference the three heads
of government have sought the
opinion of the Polish Provisional
Government of National Until in
regard to the accession of territory
in the north and west which Poland
should receive. The President of
the National Council of Poland and
members of the Polish Provisional
Government of National Unity in
been received at the conference and
have fully presented their views
The three heads of government re-
affirm their opinion that the final
delimitation of the western frontier
of Poland should await the peace
settlement.
The three heads of government
agree that, pending the final de-
termination of Poland's western
frontier, the former German terri
tories east of line running from
the Baltic Sea Immediately west Of
Swinemunde, and thence along the
Oder River to the confluence OF
the western Neisse River and along
the western Neisse to the Czecho-
slovak frontier, including that por-
ton of East Prussia not placed
under the administration of the
Ul.ion Of Soviet Socialist Republics
in accordance with the understand
ing reached at this conference and
including the area of the former
free City of Danzig, shall be under
the administration of the Polish
State and for such purposes should
not be considered as part of the
Soviet zone Of occupation In Ger
many. as
X.-Conclusion of Peace Treaties
and Administration to the United
Nations Organization.
The conference agreed upon the
following statement of common pol