Anthony is of the opinion that it could be better for the 
      present not to renew the attempt to acquire permission for contact 
      officers to enter Poland proper in order to visit liberated British 
      prisoners of war, chiefly because the British contact have now 
      proceeded to bumps at Low and VVolkovysk where they will report 
      whether points of concentration exist west of the Curaon Line, 
      the estimated number of ex-prisoners remaining to be evacuated 
      to these two camps and also the general condition of the ex-prisoners. 
      So far the Soviet authorities have denied that there are any 
      points of concentration or any prisoners of war in hospitals 
      in Poland west from Marshal Stalin and M. Molotov ignore this 
      aspect of the question and there is an obvious advantage deciding 
      whether to return to the charge, since if these reports bear 
      out what has already been obtained for renewing the attempt to 
      secure permission for contact officers to enter Poland proper. 
      Anthony has no doubt that this would be strongly opposed, because 
      the Soviet Government suspects that the contact officers would, 
      under cover of dealings with prisoners of war, proceed to contact 
      Polish leaders, and, in fact to covert themselves into the proposed 
                       Observation Mission.                 
 
                                                            
 
 
Anthony has requested me to communicate to you his views set 
      forth in the preceding paragraph regarding the next step to be 
      taken in these discussions with the Soviet authorities and to 
      Enquirer whether the United States Government is in agreement.