Word: frontierisms
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...They made this decision at a time when Russia thought it necessary to collaborate with Hitler, and yet Poland, after suffering untold agony, is now asked to surrender far more to Russia than what she refused to give Hitler. For the Curzon line frontier demanded by Russia is close to the Hitler-Stalin line of 1939. It means a loss of 47% of prewar Poland, while it represents a gain of less than 1% for the Soviet Union. The Polish Government has declared its readiness to discuss concessions, but no government, least of all a government in exile, could make...
...therefore, Russia values America's friendship as we believe she does, she must not use her power to impose either an unjust frontier or a puppet government upon the Polish people. Russia must choose. She can impose her will but she cannot impose it without estranging millions of Americans whose opinions may be decisive in the development of our foreign policy. And Russia will estrange others besides Americans, for what will millions of citizens of the small conquered (and satellite) countries have to hope from an Allied victory, if this is how we discharge our obligations to Poland? Such...
This week Red troops battled on the doorsteps of Estonia, Latvia and Poland, pointed a new drive toward the Rumanian frontier. Ahead a hopeful man could see the day when the last Hun soldier would be driven from Russia's soil. But complete destruction of the German Army was still more of a hope than a thing in prospect...
...Finland must: break relations with Germany, intern Nazi troops and ships, calling for Russian help if necessary (as it probably would be); restore the 1940 frontier and agreement with Russia; release all Russian and Allied prisoners and internees. Reparations due Russia, demobilization of the Finnish Army and the future of the port of Petsamo on the Arctic may be discussed in Moscow later. At week's end, the Finns were still thinking it over...
...Russia has the right of reassurance against future attacks from the West, and we are going all the way with her to see that she gets it. ... We . . . have never . . . guaranteed . . . any particular frontier line to Poland. . . . The British view . . . stands expressed in the so-called Curzon Line. . . . Marshal Stalin ... agreed upon the need for Poland to obtain [territorial] compensation at the expense of Germany. . . . [He is] resolved upon the creation ... of a strong, integral, independent Poland...