APPENDIX
 
      
PROPOSED INSTRUCTIONS FOR HIS MAJESTY' S AMBASSADOR AT WARSAW 
      AND HIS MAJESTY'S MINISTER AT BUCHAREST.
 
      
 
 
Enquiries in the various capitals concerned have shown that 
      it will not be possible to proceed without modification with 
      the proposed four-Power declaration. While the French Government 
      have accepted the proposal and while the Soviet Government have 
      accepted, subject to acceptance by France and Poland, the Polish 
      Government are reluctant to associate themselves with the Soviet 
      Union in a public declaration of this kind.
 
      
 
 
It is becoming clear that our attempt to consolidate the situation 
      will be frustrated if the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 
      is openly associated with the initiation of the scheme. Recent 
      reports from a number of His Majesty's Missions abroad have warned 
      us that the inclusion of Russia would not only jeopardize the 
      success of our constructive effort but would tend to consolidate 
      the relations of the parties to the Anti-Comintern Pact as well 
      as to excite anxiety amongst a number of friendly governments.
 
      
 
 
Some alternative method of approach must therefore be sought. 
      In any scheme the inclusion