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Franklin D. Roosevelt- " Great Communicator" The Master Speech Files, 1898, 1910-1945

Series 3: "The Four Freedoms" and FOR in World War II

File No. 1520

1944 June 7

Toast of the President to Prime Minister Mikolajcyk of Poland want to aay 11ow happy au or us t..ra to welcome vgain lunington the Prllc.a JJ1nhtar or Pol and. I tblnk: h. errhad hera at a •arr tood tiu, baoauea wa ba•a bean able to hft't', ..an to the one hour thla morning, a •ary frank talk about tbe future or Polend. •ttbln bla lU'atbla and atne wa ba' aeon tne rebirth. In m:J boyhood and: bla, tt1ere waa no independent Poland.

Arter be lett me tlJh morning, I bad brought to me a aariu or sixteen mapa, ahowl ns the map or Pol a nd beginning in 165). And 1t 1a rather an llll187.lng teat tbat during these inter· '¥ening yeua those sixteen mapa show , first and lest, that pr eo­ ttcal.ly all or Centr al :!urope waa a part or Poland •• tlrat c. lut. Therefore, it 1a rather cu.rrtcult to untangle the r.ap or the Poland wbiob •ery aoon hope 1a going to ha•e ita own go't'ernmant back, 1e hope the events or the .at deya will reauJ.t in the liberation or an independent Poland , with it& own go•ernJnent and 1 ta own dtmooraoy. And yet we can' t so by hie tory, because it we ware to ta.lca one nation that I be.•• ln •lnd, Poland would include aoat or Ruaala, and a good part or Gar.&.DJ" , and Czeohoel •atte . :a a r e not up to that t i.M J8t. \;a oan• t t alk about 1t ••. ~Un I, llooe... u Ltwu,. Tbt • h • tr._rfpt •4• by U101 'fblt• aou.,. •t-n-ror•·~r rr- h'• ·~ notM tu.o:o•\ tll.•t oao ~. a~~t•.~rl 11« t•t•,"1'• •atot;q:O:ra; 'I .. rr•• utt,. J:r'll'lnd. ln ~romt!le•••AH• tte4 •ll•n tll• .-p h • , ~h tht~'f arpnP " U.• ",...,. ~ l'f preparH rel\41!'1~ J7'l tnt, • • 2

'e bi\ got t.o do the praotlcal. tblna. J.nd that 1B wbllt the Prima Min late r and I •a been taJ.k1ng about: the practical reatorat.lon or Polttnd aa a country whlob will be not merely aatr- sovernlng but aalf-llllllntalnlng, not mar~y with 1 ts

own d~craoy , but &lao the w.lera·..,tthal to alee both anda aaet in food aM t"'e ooat ot lh'lng, I thin.lr. we are •• one on it. I think we hue a meetl.ng o! the ii:i.lnda aa to the prlno lplea end the daalraa or the future tor the people or Poland. And I hope some time •ery soon that atapa will be taken, by whloh the people or Poland and the ..ary l a.rga nation

that Has t.o the aaat will becooa not merely good neighbors - ­ that la e.n aaaant.ial - - but aleo two nations, one vary,

large and th other a good deal an."~ller , that will be able to work out a IIIUtUI!Il a oonomlo system by which there will be 00111plate independence on the ,port. or Poland . At. Telleran, I was ..-err glad to haTe .rabal Stalin aay, not oaoe but aev e r al t imes , that he dld not daa1ra Poland to be an appendaae or tbe Ruulan SoTlet. Republloe but abould, on the other hand, be a ooapletely aeU'- governll\8, l l'lrge and

completely inclepondent nation. Therefore, wlth that. thought on the par t ot karahlll

~tl'llln, I tol"'llllld tba eon..-iction that e ltt1ng around the table and t.alkll\8 lt c·ur would do nobOdJ any hera, T.hat then can be

a aeetlng or the alnda, leavl~ out t he allll.ller detaUe, auoh aa certain portion• ot whnt we call bo\U'Idarlea -- deterring them unt1l a somewhat later t l iiMI, when this new dleeaae l n

Europe will be ara41oat.ed by the march or t l 111e. .. )

I tblnk or ahell- ahook. Three thout end •Uea away a good -111 people in the United .... tatea llave got ahall- llhock at the preaent time. It we were oloaa to the actual tlgbtlns , or 1t there were Carman troops in our •ldat, I e.a inclined to think that our ahall- abook would be a ereat deal worse. And eo aoce tblnga muat await the return or a word, wblob I nner liked and which e toJWOr Prealdeot used: nor~ralcr , 'lrilen \118 oan think rather !DOra quietly, and think 1n the longer tel'IZIIJ or what 1a going to happen, n ot next year or the year atter, or n•n ten yeera hence, but tltty ..ra and a hundred yaara henoe. Ka go lM&ck in our relatione wlt.h Poland to wall onr 150 yeara ln our atruW.a tor independence. 'ie were •ary greatly hel ped by leadlog Poles -- wno oame Ot" to help ua trOCII a eenea or juatloa, from a aenae or trying to help peopl e who were t rying to get aelr- expr esal on - - t he great l'ol1sb heroes who h-elped us ln our first r evolution. Through ell tbe yeer a we ba't'e watched a cbanglng h istory, ohanglng bou.r:r.c!ariea , cbanalng des .lana.

I wsa 1107ing to thoe Prl• Klnht.er t.hat I so back to t.be last. oent.ury , when I traveled over a l arse pe.rt ot Europe on e bloyole , wlt.bout a passport. I na't'e.r carr ied a paaaport. And I came to e barrier aoroaa t he road , and a man oll.!l:.e out., J&wning, e.nct wented to koow Wbere I o•• tro.. and where I waa goine;. I told hla I was e.n Jl.aer loan; a nd he said, att.er a tew minut ot e t ew, very simple questi ons, "Hn' you got enough money to on?" .. . I aa14, "Yea. I ha•e ten pounds on the band.lebara or my blo7ole." Thereupon, he waved me through the barrier, and aaid, '"Hope you have a good time. "

Ther e waa a good deal or 1nter • ~Mrr1aga, lnterohensing ot idees and trtendablp batwec the nations o!' Europe than . Yet in the last tlttt yaa.ra that baa 11111 gone. It t a a Yer y aad tblng about Europe, that t hat ep1r1t. baa gone. I t haa beco: ao natlonalhtio. And ret we know there l a t.ha •ery gr eat., one or t he larger Europ ea n nations - - Pole.nd.. It 1a r iabt that they should continue to ba•e thelr ctw.pl et a lndapendenoa , and integrity, and the r ight aplrtt, beoeuse the spirit oounta mor a than almost a nything a lae, And ao the Prl Mlntatar and I hav e bean t e.lkll'l£ today - - and talk 8!&1n tQII)()rrow -- something about t he aplr1t. or the future or Europ~t , getting ••..,. ! r oc the :lara quaat.io ne ot wbet!ler tbh to.m wlll be on thia aida or t ba line or t hat aide or the line. There 1a e. bigger thing the.n tbet -- and I sure the PriiiMt l.J:i n1ate r ae;reea with me -- it hi not Juat a ques­ tion or olen or or lanl1 o..merah1p , it 111 a quest ion or the popula t i on or Pol and.

The Prt.e ~nlater baa alwaya worked , all b1a lite, tor the bealtb or the peopl e at the " bottom or the ba ap." There is a great deal to do for them , atlll more 1n t he t uture tha n in the J)6.8t. And yet we in this country r ecosniz.e the value or the Polish populatton , the thing that eoes ba ok t o hunlireds or yee.ra, .. )

the lnt.egrltJ or it, tbtl good citlzenabl p or it, the t act Ulat they a re not Polea lo tnle OOW'Itry a ny .ore, tbeJ are AmerloeM -- S...rlcana ot Pol tab deeoerlt., That la why tbey are eo ••r1 welooc.e wh.en they cane over here -- to become Americana. So I wa nt to say agein how very happy we are that the Prime L1 1n1Dter ha. came OYez· hare, and 1 hope he wUl come baolc , or t.hat we will go over there aDd meet with the ot her mabera at h.b go• erntMnt in London; and to • eat tbe Preeldent or Poland, whc. I baYe nn·er bad the pleaeure or close acqualntanoeehlp

yet, but wbo, as bead of the nation, atlll does rejlreeent a lillie which baa been so weloa-e in Americ a , ·a are glad to have the Prime L.lnlste r wlth ua, and I want to dr ink -- we are all Ye,ry happy t o drin k - - to the health or the Preatdent or Poland , end tbrough blm the Prime Klnleter .

(the Toast wa• drunk) .. 6

The lU".Pl.T or '!'he Prlm.e llinhter Of l'ole011 J£ enlj£jj.,:!~ ieb

klr. Pree1t!.eot, ~:eed611lea and Gectlemen: I am .,ery greterul tor t he l n•l t.etl on. Tbh 1B one or my happhat daye, to meet nowadll.Ja t.be Preaident. or the Un ited :>tetes, in t.hoae

d&J'a whloh are so busy ror hia when the great o.,eo.ta in Europe

a.re happen1ng.

I aa 'fflry aarry tor IU' &oslhb, it 1a not aurrlol e nt

to expre .. all 1111 feellnp . But 1.t I aay ea.y, in 1941 wttea I 111at the American cltizena or Polhh ducent, end I 1111.W how happy they ar e here, how tree they are her e , I think wheo rou are Jeeloua it i s the best thing. I waa a little Jealous why m.y people and m.y country oannot be eo happy , and s o tree.

And today, when I ha't'e t he honor to speak i n the name or the Pol hh President and the Polhb na tion, wben I h&• e the honor to bring one ot our trleod.e who Just six weeki aao waa n l ll in t.he undergroun4 or Foland rlght.l ng, and who in • tew d.aya wi ll be back there, I hu·e onlr one desire, t he deaire that our people, arter t hl a terrible war, can be as happy aa a r e the American c itizens under the pr ealdaocy ot your gr eat Prealdant, L.r. Roosevel t , this Pr a.1dan t who through Prov idence la leading not only h i s own nation but 1n wboae hands la alao t he tutura ot the tree, real and happy aern ot the future 1n e 'Y e r y countrr. And I wlah only one t.h1n._ , t\at LY people could be ae haprr •• 7

•• are the ott1zene or the Uoit.ed ~tetes .

Fro. our al

I the Toeat t~aa dnlnk) '!'C..:..sT 0? 'n ~..!.;IJ!:l'T :.t. The ... tate JlMer For The rrlme ~lnlater or Poland, t.enlalaw llkolejc%ylc At Tho!! n.'hlte Hou.. , June 7, l9t.t.

I 'H.l1t to ...,. how b&pfY e.ll or ua are to welcooe again to -.vuhlngton the Prl.me J..lniater or Poland. I thlnk .a h .. arrhed here a t a -rery good time, because we ha-re been able to have, even in the one hour thh aorning, a very rro.nk talk about. the future or Poland . :at.bln bh lltat.l.» and olrl.a we have aoen the rebirth. In my bcyhood and bla, there .. aa no 1nderenl.1ant Polend. Arter he lett c:e thia mornlnt, I had brouaht to ae a aerlea or ob:teen lllllpo , showing the up or !'eland bev,lnnlng ln l6SJ. And lt ia rather nn eu?lng t act that during thaee lntar­ •ening yeara thoaa ah:teen mape ehow, t1rat and leat, th11t rrac· t1ce.lly ell or Cnt.ral ZUrore wa.a a part or Pola.Dd -· rtrat and laat. Therefore, it la rather dlttlcult to unta.n&le the z:ap or the ;"eland which very aooc we hope 1a going to have He own eovernment bet.clc . ·:e hope tho events or the pest raw daya w111 reault in the llberat1on or an inhpen(lent '!>eland , wltb i ta own so•ornment an4 lt.a own da.ocre.cy. ;.ad yet. we oan' t go by hlatory, bec&uae 1.t we were to t&Jce one nation thtl.t I have ln mlnd, roland would lnclu:le coat or Ruaela, a.nd a good pert or Gormany , and Czechoalcvak:la. ·e are not up to t.hat time yet. ·"'o oon' t talk about it e·u.n • ..... have got. to do the practical thing. ,\nd that .• 2

1a what the Prime "-lniatar ud I ba·u bun talking eboJt: the praotloal restoration of roland aa a onuot.ry which 1tlll be not merely aelf• f'I:O" rnlng but eelf-malntalnlns , not 111.eral,y with lt.a

own d•ocraey , but alao the whf'rawltbal to «.aka both entia ~~:eat ln rood and the coat or l hlng. T t.hlnlt we o.re a one on U.. I think we be•• a 111eetlng or the alnla aa t.o the prlnolplaa and the dea1r aa or the future tor the people or :'eland . And I hopa aotl& t.ime very aoon thut steps wlll be tsken, by wbloh the people or T'oland ond the ·ury ltu'ga nation that l1ea to the eaat will bacoY not merely r,ood neighbors -­ that la an eaaentlal -- but aUo two netlona, one •erJ, very large and the ot'111r a good deal aaaller, that will be able to

otork out a mutual eoono:::~lc ayat• by which there wlll be c011olete independence on the pert or T'oland. ft. TeherM, I wee very gllad to have L'arehttl ':te.Un eay, c.ot once but eeveral t1mee, that he d1d not dnlre 'oland

to be en a;t~endqe or t!te !':UJuian ;,(W1et !lepubl1ce but aholll.d, on the other he.n<.l , be a ccapletelt ..lr - eo• Jrnin, , larae end ooapletely independent nation. Therefore , with that thought on the part or t.:.a.rahal

Gt.alin, I ror~~ed the conviction that etttlng e r ouncl the table ~tnd t alking lt. over •ould do nobo.Jr anr har111, t.l.at there can be e Eeetl~ or the alnde, leaving out the aneUer det e., auch a a certain portlona or what we call bound!ll"lea -- deferring thEn until a ao~ewhat later tl.J::.e, when this new dllleue tn

~:'Urope will be eradicated by the mar ch o r tin:e. .. )

I t.Hnic" ot a'.ell-ahoo . ':'h.ree t.hc.llSIUld cilea ••ft.J a good -.u.r1 reoph ln the UaH.ed tetea bl!rYe I)Ot ahell-ahook et

the 1reaent tl:...a. 11 .• ~,~ •ere cleae to the actutl tl£htlfli", or

it t.hare ware Gerun troopa J.n our midst, I lO.Cl lnollred to think

that our &hell-shook .JOuJ.d be a ~ree t deel worso. .\n.d RO acme

thlnga muat. await the retw-n of 11 ¥10rJ , which I neve!• lU;ed and

w:~.lob a rorr!:'r President uaed: nu·a.toloy, whtn we o"n think ru•.htor acre quietly, a nd tt.lnk in the lollt.,er tft:nae ot what ta t;o!ne to h!!i!)pen , not next year or the year after, or evrr.. ten )'$ll'll hence, but tlrt) yea.ra and a hun.ired yee..r.a hence.

·~ go back in our rttlatlons wltb .rolan..i to ...u over 150 yura in our atrue:t>l• tor lnderenUenoe. ·e were very t;rfletly nttlpeo.l by leo.lllng 'olea -- who Ofl.!lle OV\Ir to hel.P ue trvn u

aenn or Justice, fro~ a oenn of trying to helJ.· people who .,ere trylna to get. aelf• exprea•lon -· the t:,reat iol!&h l\eroea who l•elped ua in Ot.:.r firat. re•olutlon. ThrOU£h all the yeara we

~·• •etched a oiVltl£1n... hhl.

I waa aaylnt: to tt.e i'rla.., Klnhtar tb.l'it I back to the l• It century , when I trf!lveled ov•r a large part ot EurOf'fl on a bloyele, without a paaaport. 1 ne'fer carried a pa1aport. And I CMf! to o borrl11r aerol& the road, and 1 un

OIIJ'Ift out. , yawning, t~.nd wanted to know where I came !rom and where I waa caine. I told htc I waa on 'JIIerloo.n ; and ba eald, atter a fa" ainutee or a taw Yery alaple que1tione, "'.Ye you got enoup coney to lhe on?" • • 4

or r:q bicycle."

':'her eupon, he we•ed u t hrou£}1 the be.rr1 r , ~~ond eald, ".:oJ.e you have a good t iM,"

There was o. good deal or lnter- marrlage, interoh&ln~lng of ldeae anc! t'rlenJuhlp between the natlo'18 or :urope th.,n.

Yet in the lllat fltt.y )'t~a.re that hae all cone, It 1a a ·nry aa1 thing about .;:."UrOJ& , that tbat ap1r1t haa eone. It hu be­ coce eo nc. t.1 onaliat.1o . ;.ndyet .. a «no" tht:ra la the Yery uea t , o:-.o or tb.e luser Ew'opean natlona -- "olan4'. It. 1s rlebt t.-.e. t they 1hould continue to h,.,. their ccer-lete independence, and lr.tegrlty , and t he right artrit , beoauaa the spirit oountemore then o.l.Cioet anythine el8fl, And eo the rrltr.e ...lniate r and I have been t Icing

t.oda.J -- ltnli tnlk again toaorrow -- acc.eth1n,s about the eplrlt or the rutu.re or .::urore, gett.1118 awa,. rroa the ::era queatlou or w+lether thla t.o..n dll be on l.hla dde or the line or t bo.t ide or the line. '7'ber e 11 a bit1er tblng the.n t~t - - and I ac. aure the Price ILint etor agreea -odth .a:.e -- it. is not Juat a c;,uea­ t.ion or ohea or or land ownore.hip , 1t 111 a question or the porulatton or Pol and. l'be Pr!DI(I l!lnia t. e r hal always worked, o.ll bh lire, tor the health or the people at. tho "bottom or t!le heap... ':here 1a a e r eat 1eal to do tor t h•, a t111 acre in the future than 1n the peat. And yet we in thia oountrr reco .nlze the 't&lue or t he

Polial:l porulatlon, the t.l:liD8 that ~OM back to I:I UD4reda Of reer1, .. j

ttle lntegr1t.1 ot' It, the good cU.!t.enehlp ot it, the feet t~t they e.ra not. Poles in thb country any !!lOre, tbey are Merlcane

-- J.c.erican~~ ot ol1111h descent. '!'hat 11 "'h.Y they are so Yery

...elcc:me when t.~y oo e over here -- t.o becca:.e AJ:erloana • ... o I 1ant. to say a,saln ho• Yery ha.. ry ··• ue thet the Pl·I.e J.!.inlater bas ecce oYer t.ere, and I hope he ..,ill oc:ae b6ck, or thflt we will ,•o over there a.Od w.eet w1 t.b t he other •uber a or hie sovernment. in lontlon ; and to meet the President of '='ohnd,

wbOtJ I hftve n.·ver Met the plee1ure or close aoqu~~ointlllloeeblp yet, but who , aa head ot' the natlon,at.ill rtoea r erre t~nt. e 11nk which !'iaa been o weloor;:e in :.-rica. 'e n:-e glad to ha'fe the Pri&a J'Wat.er with ue, and I >11ant. to drink -- we are all very h&p 1 to drink -- to the health or the Pr eeldeot or Poltlllll, and through him the Pr ime Unleter.

(the ':'011et wae drunk) .. 6

':be RIPI..Y Of The Fri&e ldnhter or Poland Stanblew t.:lkolaJczyll: In l!neJ.lab

t.r. President , leadanea end Gentlemen: I IIlli. very rrat.(tful tor t he 1n•Jtat1on. 'l'hh ia one or lilY haN ieat de¥•, to ceet nowed$)'8 the Prealdant ot the United $tatea, in those ·:1a.ra •hlch ere so bu!'J ror hl.ll When the greet tn"enta In ~ore are

I am ·ury aorry fer ar :J:lsllsh , lt !a not aurttoleDt to upreaa tUl =7 t'eellnga, BUt lr I •1 eay, 1n 1941 when I

cet the AmerictJ.n c1t1zene c..t ?oll1h descent, and I e£.w how h111p1 y t.her art~ here , how tree thvy ere here, I think o1hen you ere jef'loua 1t la the beat. thlnt;. I was a little Jealous why my

people anJ Z3 oountry C6Mot be eo ht~ppy , and so free.

A.nd todey, when l ht1Y8 the honor to speuk in the name or the Polhh Preddent a.nci the .,ollah nation, wben I ha.Ye tbe honor to brlr1£ one or our rrtanda who Juet six weeke ago wu atlll in the underground or PolancS rtghtlog, and who in a few dare wlll be back there, I b~ne OnlJ one deeire, the dealre that otU<

people, atter thle terrlble wt.r 1 ot1n be ae hapry aa are t he Amer1oan oltlzene under the presidency or your greet Pr eeldant , l!r. '1ooeevelt, thle Pr ealdent who t hrou,ch Providence h lee.,.Une not onl J hh oom tlflt!on but in ·•hoee banda ...,..."' alao t he tut.ure or the tree, real and ha!lPJ •en or the future 1o e.,er, country. •.nd I with only one thine; , that rq people could ba a a bappJ aa ~ .. 7 tht- olt.tzana or the Ucltod ;tat.ee.

<'rc:. our aida I can proa:.taa one th1~, we folea ••~n wnen ac.aaboey aaya ao.r.et*• Nny th11\i!:& , we Pola1 real tt h our duty to tight, to work to do naryt hL'tg that 11 pou lble to win the WIU' , beoauae we real 1r wa do our duty, eo ctu•talnly the great ldaaa your i'r eaidant aaya to the nation ·dll be alao tulrlllad to our motion •

.:..0 to you, t:.r . J·reddent , I drink your health .

(the ':'oPet ••• 1runi)

THE WHOTE HOUSE WAS HING TON n>

.Tune 8 , 1944

n:::o 1"0!'! O~C! 'lUU.Y:

?erbapa the Prea!dent will be lnter­ fiiJted ln eeelng tbla r ough draft or len night's exchange of tooate. t.:r . Ee rly has ttlre!lt\:,' 3oen lt. . '"he second word on bottom line or Pll68 t. 1a .. population ." ! henrd 'lfhat ~~n:~~ui!~!o~r1; 1 ~~e~h~ !~r~ a;sw:~- oan' t think: of another word t hnt fits .

5, w!\~::o ~r::~~.~~ ;~:;Jc~~~ ~~~)~ :~; end fl':eetlne; other m•bere or goverrucent. ln Londo,, London l nevttr beerd, but eu'Wiii""1:li6t 1£"""'r'l6ht. Cc..uld it be~'? _,.. ~o:t PrUe t:lnlatiir'a r e; 17 I have edited a llt.t.le. Perhepa H. ml'Ylt. be a , good idea to send over to hie. whlle he 1s her e en:! lot h1111 change 1 t hlmaelf end r eturn to wt . ~ . :' . P:. hu re&

WASHING T O N

J\lne 7, 1944

13.0 ~ ~·::i • .!.'Rl.Y:

The second .o10rd on botton line or page 4 ia .. popuhtlon." I heard what soundeJ like ..Pollah a not,.. eo a: fttl¨r..p, population 181:Tie rl£ht wcrd • .1 can ' t tint! anoth&r t o tit. ;.leo, noxt to last partt ·r.. ph , page 5, 1-1he r e Proaldent cpot~k& or soinc over end meet1nc ot.har rn8rlbera or covo:~rnment tn London. London J never hea r d , but uoaune th6t ra-rtPht. Could be ~?

':he ?rl~e ... 1nhtor'a reply I heve edited a 11 ttl a , but ot..n t w-nll'lh you an t~Xc.ct copy should you dedre It.. f'er­ httre )'Ou t hink it u goc.d idea to send over t o the ~iN J:tnlat.er and let hi:a chcooe It h!.,.olr ·:: :~to us . ' I "'ant to nay ho" h&Pf'Y all or ua er e to welcoe:e again ~ t o ':laehlngt on t. l1<11 Prine l.. inlst.er or Poland. I t hink he hae11S!J to ha., he!"f' ot. a very cood t bte, beoau11e I'll have been able"• "van in tho one hour thia m.orntns:,a very r r ank tan. ebout the future or Pt.land • .,.it.hln hie llretloe and alne we ha•e aeen the rebirth. - I n rey bOyhood and hla, - thare wee no independent tol and .

f r::JI!J.t4,rtM> he lar t me this corning1I hlld br ought t.o me a ear lea or eixteen map111ehowlnR t he 1!18P or Po lt~nd beginnlnc ln 165). And ~ it 18 r e t.har,._blllezif"l8 fact that durine; theae lntarvonln~ Yilt r e thoee s1xtoen nape ehe>w,~prllcticl'lly ell or Cent.r"l .ruropo woe a part or ?eland -- tire t. and leet, 1/?nere­ rore, it la rot.htlr cHrrlcult. to untafWS,le the up or t.be i'olMd which vory aoon we bore la going to twve ttn o"n t$Ovornm.ent. back. ·:o hope rr;mm the evttnts or the pt.ot raw tleyn ..,ill reeult. in the

ltberotiOn or ~ independent "oland wlt.h its C'olln gc·urnment """ 1 tjr;;:A"i~" "'::'':~ . , ::·:;':::.. r,, ::::::·:~ •• were •• toke one ntttlon thot. I ht. ve 1n •lnd, .iohnd would lnolude a&Oet or tir e not Rua~< l o 1 end n good pnrt. or Gel'llltH\)'1end Czeohoelovekla . -e up to that tlno yet. \fa can' t t alk about it. OYen. /f;e hove got to do the prootlcal thlng. And th11t. 1a wh6t t.he Pri me l!1nl eter ond I hn'fe .,_en t.olklng about: - the practical restor•tlon or ..,oland ~""" a country \illhlch wUl be not merely eelt- sovernlng but. eelf- lllfl1ntolnlng, not cerely with lt.ll own de1110crt1oy , but alao

the Aher ewtthel to ooke both srnu met~ t ln rood and the coat or I think we have o meeting llvlns . J':. think we n r o11:/ one on 1t.

or the mlnde r~• to the prlno l pl ee 11nd t.lle deslr ea or t he future rr r t he people or Poland. ~r@aoce t~ very aoon~ ot ?olend ~ eteps -.111 be teken1by whlch the people an" the •ery leree nett on thllt llee to t' e 0111.11 t will become not 1:orel.y gr:rd neJ.ehbore - that le an e.auntial - but elao two ne.tlona, one very, very large and the other l!!:l5liiL3 a good deal e2ller , t f'let will be able to work out 4ll a autual I!!Oonomio eyatem by which there wUl be eozcplete independence on the part or Polnnd. ~At Teharo~~n 1 I \1811 very gl8" to have ""8rehl:ll Stalin 8A.Y, not once but 88\'oral t.imea, t.het. he did not. dea1re ··olend to be on op~endege or the !'luallian :;.O't' let Rerubllca.,but ahould1 on • governing, large and campletely the other hand1 be a cocplet.el.y aelr 1Mependent nut.lon. FfiJfllThurerore, with that thoueht on the part or l!arehe l ~t.al1n, I ror med the cor.v1ction th11.t alt.tlna erou.od the table and talking 1t. over would do nobody any harm, fiiii1 that therer~:~n be e oeetlf16 or the minds, leaving out the amu. ller dotallaJ -. ji"ome detsllnl ouch - lls cert11in porti ons or whQt we eomewhct leter t.lae ooll boundBrlea,.. deforrlnc them untU a 1 when t.hla new d1&eQ8a lQ Europe wUl be eradlct~.ted by the march or time. .9c4it Aahell-ahock. Ttlree thouund =ilea OW&J' a good many paople in the \Jnit.ed ... t nt.ea have got al.ell- llhock close to the 8etual t1ght1ng at. the present time. •r we were 1 or if t.here were Germfln troop8 1n ouf'1d8t, - I em 1nol1ned to t.h1nk that our ahell- shock would ba t1 gr e• t dee.l worse. ~nd, ao oc.ne thlnea must B.,.IJit the r eturn or a wordJ wh ich I novor llkad and wh i ch a ror.cer rrea1dent U8ed :- norl:lftlcyJ - when we oan th.lnk rtather cor e quia.f l yJ and think ln the longer tenae or whet

1a going to heppen1 not nu:t. yeu or the yeo.r atte.r, or even ten yea.ra hence , but. fltty yeare and II hundred years bence. f-e 80 tr bock ln our rolationa·wlth ~le~l crur 150 years tn our struggle rozf_d~pendence • .__/l.,ery greatly helped by leading PoleaAwho ca.ce O'fer to help us• rroa e aenee ot Juetlce.l

rroc o. sant:e or ~r:!. l;t to help peorl e ·ollho were try ins to get u lr- expreaalonl\. - gr eat ?ol1ah heroes who helped us ln our rirat rovolutlon.Thrcueh all tho years we ha ve wr t ched - a .nsinB hlat ory ,,.,. changing boundariuR, chnt11_s ing desia:na. /fr wae ao.ylnG t~ that I tSO back ~~ - to t.he lut century1 .fl\tiQ ! t r u•cled o•er~~.- large pert "'lthout o. peaeport. I no•or caz:ded a or Kurope on a bieyele1 pflaaporf.~co.u to a barrtor acrose the roed1 and a lt&n Ofl.ce out yawninp: and wanted to know wher e J. came rroc and Wh

ubvut ~urope,thet t hat aplrtt ht.e cone. !tl\becCIIIef ao

no. tit. nallatlc. /f/.nd yet we know 1JiEr there ie rt;ha grut -"' ~the very greu t, ono or the l llrger • 'lurot•ean nt~tione-­ Poland. [J~Q Jt 1a r!ght thot they shoUld ~ continue to noe and 1ntegr1ty and the rlght httve t heir cOCilplet e 1nde,:oende 1 1 ep1r1t , because the splrlt • counts more t hen lllmoet 81\Ythlng else.

/..nd so t.he "'rlme .1.;1~e.,:er o.nd I hue been t ellclng todayAand tulle ecaln t 01110r r owl\ somethlna about the eplrlt or tl.. • thd t'uture or .;tH'OJfl, getting nwo.y !t'Oir."mere quea!.lona ~

~'1ether thla tcr.,on will be 01. thla dde or the line or t~et llde --~ or the line. Tnere 1a t1 b1£ger tnlna t.hen that,.... l wn auro

Di]l1 t~e l'rllte ... tnln tor agrees with r~e dmo I no u11ro tfint yQJJJ

11:&11 Ala no~ unt n '}ueetlon "r cleu or or land o:1oornhlp.l lt 18 a question or t"te populutl on o: • PolflnJ. always worked, all hh! l1 ..e tor '.:'he i'rin:e l..iniater hoe 1 the ~heel th or the people at the 'bottom or the 1eap. ~

':herd i~ ·~ greht Jeal to do r~:o tt.e.,atill more in the ruture t•.an In the peat. nJ yet we In tt.b country rttOOt'.JllZe the

value or tho .>ollah IIJ•Ot tr.e thl~ that ~ce!l !Jock: to

hunclrada or yev.ra , the lnte,:rlty or it , thtt good cltl::onaht1 or it, > roct that th!:/ ore net. ''olea in t'.is country on,y more, they ere /lr.or lcone~ /.cerloana or Jloll8h descent. lmJTht~t la why they a r e so Vt·r)• welco•e when tht!Y coae over hero -- to be­

Cot:lt /~rlc811JII ,

.;;o : •ont to au.y a..setn t..c. .. •ery harrY we are that the -lnlater ha& cooe DYer hf'lrfl)tm4 I ho, e he will come back ~'rime 1 .. or t htot ~e will &o over ~~nd c:eet "Wlth tile other mecber a or hla go.,ortDent in ~and~ to oeet liiil} the President or roland, w11om I hove never huU the pleasure or close ocqu.a.in t anceshlp yet, but who , as r::rw heod or t he n!ltlon still iJf{fJ/'·ropresent(a link 11hloh h!le been so "ll'elcome in Amoricft. f(iJ'I!J ~ore glad to heve the Prime L..lnlstor "'lth us, and a: woof 'to drink -:;are all very happy to health ot the PrM1de:lt or ?olond 1'1.nd thr01J8h hta 4rtn~ ~ t.he 1 the Prlr.e lrUni&ter. Recarka ot the ?rl.Jio l.lnieter or Poland, in Ensl!&h:

l£r • .iree ident, .t.:esde.mee , arut Gentlecen:

I.._., very grt-tetul ror the Invitation, ~I'\ one ot 111 hAppiest do.ys 1~ :~elO!il.! ::;::lye the President ot the Unit ed Stat es) • .....oax deyfl l2!l!j' tJfe a,o,J!;uay tor him when the

gre"t events In J11rope ere ~(Tr 61!1 ·very eorry tor my E:ne;l!ah , It is not suttlclent to expreu ;n-. IDISiJ~)a~~iJj:QjjJ ...... _. ~ ,6-4 ell lll.1 teeling!l • .But it I =.y eo.yl\,.._..1941 when ! oet the f~rico.n elttzenR or ?ol!sh deacent end I ~ho.,. hoJ·!"f they ere

here1ho• tree they aro her e , I think when yru are &loWOJ it is the beet thing. twos a little Jealous why as people end my

country cannot be so hAP:"¥1 ond ao rree./ft.nd today.. u nen I have the honor to speok in tho nume of the 'ollsh .r'resldent and the PoUnh nation, when I IUIVe the honor to bring one or our trtende

~~ho Juat alx weeks cao wee &till In the untl:erground or l'olond

t1ght.lng, Bnd o~ho 1n a~w deye ~will be beckcL_here, I hftve only one desire, l!J desire that our people., arter &ml terrible war1 can be 0"" happy aa are the /..cerlcttn clt!.zena under the ~ealdenoy or ~ret-t i'reetdent, :...r . noosevelt., thlll Preetcl:ent who th.roush g!i1 fr.or !dance 1IJ 4li.[i leading not. only hill o.,.n nation but. In whos& honds,_ ~eo the future or the f ree, real and ~~f~to~or the rutur:._!n ttvery c=ry. And I wleh only one"llf ms people coul d bel!.g' hal py tlB ..- the c1 tlzens or the United St.atu. /Prrom our a ide I oen ; r emise one thing, we Polee

even whe n o011ebody saya aoaet1mee :aany tblngo, we ~a reel

It. la our duty t o flght, to wor to do everythlngZ'~ poutble ~o bring nerytlllng '!Jill! l a poeaible fllwa.r 1 1.1' we do our dUtJ •o eerte1Dl1 ~ tbe beo~~ouee .,.. reel 1 o!,l''t ldeu - JOUr treeldent •aJ• to the nation wlll be aho rult1Ued to our nation. So tc.. you , -r. ''rllddent_; !td--..1.~ ~