Warsaw, May 10.
A two-hour-long conference to discuss Soviet-Polish relations and the general European situation was held here today by M. Vladimir Potemkin, visiting Soviet. First Vice-Commissar for Foreign Affairs, and Colonel Josef Beck, Polish Foreign Minister.
After this meeting, M. Potemkin left at 445 p.m. to return by train to Moscow. He was accompanied to the border by M. Listopad, Soviet Charge d'Affaires here. Officials of the Foreign Ministry were at the station to bid him farewell.
Soviet quarters voiced satisfaction over the outcome of Potemkin-Beck parleys- when approached this evening.
Polish politicians also hailed the "normalization and improvement of relations between Poland and Soviet R as evidenced by M. Potemkin's visi It was learned that the Soviet state-man's visit Here was due to the initiative of the Moscow Government, and informed sources revealed that the main subject of discussion at today's Potemkin*Beck conference was the "general situation as a whole in the light of Soviet-Polish relations."
"The problem of the U.S.S.R's relations with the Baltic States and Rumania was also examined. Yet a third question was that of the respective attitudes to be adopted by the Soviet and Polish Government towards Britain's latest proposals to Moscow.
'A final decision on the last-named question was not reached, but Polish views, which will be conveyed to Soviet Foreign Commissar Viacheslav Molotoff, will be an important factor in future developments, it was declared.
The British and United States Ambassadors here called late this afternoon on Colonel Josef Beck, Polish Foreign Minister, after the departure of M. Vladimir Potemkin, Soviet First Vice-Commissar for Foreign Affairs who visited Warsaw.
Poland's position in European affairs was outlined to the British envoy, Sir William Howard Kennard, it was learned. And Colonel Beck also announced the Polish-Soviet decision to increase trade between the two countries, although no formal agreement was as yet concluded.—Havas.
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