Most important is the psychological effect which a credit to the Communist Polish regime would have on the Polish people. Many times during my stay in Poland I was urged by independent Poles. and especially those of liberal democratic views. to give no assistance to the Communist group ruling Poland. To do so. they argued. would be considered as tacit acquiescence in the political arrests. torturings. and murders. riot to mention the deportations to Siberia which have been the order of the day under the Nazi or Soviet domination which has existed since September 1939. To do so would further undermine the prestige of the United States which is already low as a result of the appeasement policy followed at Tehran. Yalta. and Potsdam.
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