840.70/11–144: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in the Soviet Union (Kennan)
2581. We have received a note dated October 28 from the Soviet Ambassador here stating that the Polish Committee of National Liberation has requested that it be invited “instead of the Polish émigré Government” to participate in the Conference on Inland Transport being held in London on the grounds that the London Government does not represent Poland. The note continues that the Soviet Government finds this request of the Polish Committee justified and declares that the Soviet Government will not find it possible to continue its participation in this Conference without the participation of the Polish Committee.
The foregoing is for your information since the Department does not intend to reply immediately to the Soviet note and has, on other [Page 848] grounds, suggested that the Inland Transport Conference in London be recessed for a short interval pending further instructions from the Department. You should not therefore take up or discuss with Soviet officials the question raised in the Soviet note under reference.