Evening star., 1946-08-18
Poles Anxious 10 Get
Additional u. ). Loan,
.Lange Says on Return
BY the Associated Press

Polish Ambassador Oscar Lange,
back from a month of conferences
IN Warsaw, declared yesterday that
Poland is actively seeking close re-
lation with the Western nations as
well as with Russia and does not
intend to be satellite of any
power.
But, he said, the closeness of
Poland's economic relations with
the United States depends largely
on the amount of financial assist
ance which 1t can obtain here. He
disclosed that Warsaw is interested
in an additional American loan,
saying 1--WE could use half a billion
dollars or 500, 900 ,000-it depends
on how much you can let us have"
Furthermore, he ridiculed any
idea that Poland is separated from
the west by an iron curtain" He
said he believed Russia and the
western powers could develop CO.
operation and declared his nation
is making steady progress toward
both economic and political sta
bility.
To Head Security Council.
DR.. Lange reported on his month
long trip to Poland in an interview
at the Polish Embassy here. He ar
rived in Washington shortly after
midnight and plans to 60 to New
York tomorrow to serve a month as
president OF the United Nations Sc
curity Council. In few days he will
return here temporarily to call on
Acting Secretary of State Dean
Acheson.
While he was in Warsaw, he dis
closed, it was decided that he should
eventually resign as Ambassador. to
devote all his time to being Polands
U. N. representative.
DR.. Lange, native of Poland who
taught economics at the University
OF Chicago for several years, said
there recently had been quite an
improvement" in Polish American
relations, owing to the release of
$50, 900, 900 In American credits to
Poland. The money is to be used
to purchase surplus war goods, such
as bulldozers and railway equipment.
That raised the question of ad-
ditional credits. DR.. Lange said that
following the end of UNRRA next
winter, Poland will have to import
food until the 1s47 crops are har-
vested and will require foreign ex-
change for that purpose-or we
might use credits to purchase addi-
tional machinery for increasing our
exports, principally coal, and that
IN turn would supply some foreign
exchange for food.
Reconstruction Funds Needed.
Beyond that, he said, Poland will
need funds for reconstruction and
would like to get them from either
the United States or the new In
ternational Bank or both.
IF We cannot get help from the
west we shall obtain 1t from the
Soviet Union" he said. I'VE have
already received substantial aid
there. But we would like and we
need a balanced economy, not tied
up exclusively with either the Soviet
Union or the west. The extent to
which We can achieve this will de-
pend on the financial cooperation
the west-the United States and
the International Bank-gives U.S."
On Poland's internal politics, of
which the United States Govern
ment has been critical, DR.. Lange
said there is "an underground move
ment which opposes the present gov
ernment because Of the social
changes 1t has brought about, espe-
cially agrarian reforms"
There is no doubt In my mind"
he continued, that the pogrom in
Kielce was organized by this un-
derground. 1t is made up of groups
of a Fascist character. It's very
anti-Semitism shows that"