AF (Moscow) This telegram must be Kuibyshev closely paraphrased before being Dated December 17, 1941 communicated to anyone. (SC) Rec'd. 11:14 a.m.; 18th Secretary of State, Washington TRIPLE PRIORITY 2070, December 17, noon. Department's 1284, December 13, 3 p.m. One. It is not unlikely that Sikorski Expressed sentiments similar to those reported from London during his visit to the Soviet Union (as it is probable that from the Polish viewpoint, it is preferable that the Soviet war effort against Germany should not be diminished by additional activities in the East), but as he had returned to Moscow prior to the Japanese attack on us he presumably did not address his remarks to Stalin. Two. The British Ambassador called on me the day of the Japanese attack. In discussing the probable attitude of the Soviet Government he expressed the opinion that it might well be that of neutrality. His statements in this respect did not at the time convey |