POLISH COMMENT

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21278, 15 December 1943, Page 3

POLISH COMMENT

PRINCIPLE APPROVED A TRIPARTITE TREATY? (10 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 14. Authoritative Polish quarters in London, commenting on the RussoCzech treaty, said that the treaty was based on the principle of the Soviet Union’s, respect of Czechoslovakia’s independence and sovereignty, and the Soviet Union’s noninterference with Czechoslovakia’s internal affairs. If the Soviet Union would apply the same principle to the Polish Republic, the Polish Government would be ready to sign a tripartite treaty within 24 hours. The New York Times, commenting in a leading article on the CzechoRussian treaty, recalls that when bilateral treaty negotiations between the two countries were started, the British Government placed obstaclein the way because it feared that the pact might cause dissension among the Poles and other exiled Allied Governments which were suspicious of Russian intentions and also might provide new material for German propaganda by using the Bolshevist bogy to create dissension among the Allies.

The Times says that the signing of the treaty indicates that either .in the Moscow or Teheran conferences some progress was made towards a close alignment of policy between the Kremlin and Downing Street.