Thursday, 6 May

In the evening, the Belgian Ambassador invited the newly appointed Mexican Minister to the Soviet Union, Mr. M.L. Quintanvilla. He was talkative and keen to argue, and his attitude was typically South American. I heard that he had studied in France. It is no wonder he was interested in criticising. He kept arguing with the host over the dinner. We secretly laughed about his behaviour.

After dinner, I talked to the British Counsellor Baggalay with regard to the Poland affair. He told me as follows. 1) The British Embassy is temporarily looking after things for the Polish Embassy on its behalf and is waiting until the Polish Government decides which country will be in charge of Polish affairs. Now Britain is trying to do its best to mediate the Soviet-Polish situation, so it seems inappropriate for the British Embassy to manage the affairs of the Polish Embassy on its behalf. 2) The Polish Government has asked the Red Cross to investigate this matter but it did not discuss this with Britain first. Britain would definitely disagree with such a move. The issue of the Soviet-Poland boundary was not raised by Poland, but was forcibly raised by the Soviet Union. Sikorski came to the Soviet Union in 1941, in the farewell banquet, Stalin mentioned about sorting out the boundary issue. Sikorski immediately answered that if he came to the Soviet Union for the treaty signing which would relinquish Polish territory, then people of the whole World would laugh at him. Stalin then smiled and said nothing. For the subsequent issues which were related to the boundary, all were raised by the Soviet Union. Counsellor Baggalay also said Sikorski did have a hard time. If he accepted the request of the Soviet Union, the Polish people would certainly oppose him. He would be unable to remain in power. From his words I supposed he was pro-Poland. He is British and there is no wonder at his stance.