1,500,000 Poles sent to Russia.  
 Number of Germans killed and captured not more than  
 300,000. Russians also less than represented.  
     8,000 in the mountains armed.
 
     
 
 
100,000 Polish soldiers in Russia, need food, clothing,   
arms and munitions. While fighting with the Russians  
are really fighting Germany. The Ambassador fears Germans  
and Russians will get together, in which case if Poles were  
armed now by us in Russia they would fight on and join up  
with the the Allied forces.
 
     
 
 
He urges that our aid to Russia be concentrated in a   
substantial way on arming the Poles.
 
     
 
 
I mentioned this point to Prime Minister and Eden. Both   
agreed, but said the special aid to Polish soldiers in  
Russia would have to be a percentage of the whole aid to  
Russia, but a definite percentage would be fixed.  
I urged on Winant this point in case he communicated with  
Harriman, and for him to follow up with Churchill and Eden.
 
 
 
(Oct 7 1941)