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