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The Russian political offensive against the Polish Government in Exile gathered power and speed. In London, the Poles dithered. With an increasingly tense air of hush-hush, the British tried hard to find an acceptable compromise. The Moscow-formed Union of Polish Patriots set up a national council in Poland...
The Way In. The U.S.-British dilem ma did not hinder the Russians or alter their developing plan. Alexander Korneichuk, new Foreign Commissar of the Soviet Ukraine (TIME, Feb. 14), may handle the Polish-border question. His wife, Wanda Wasilewska, is head of the Union of Polish Patriots. Moscow radio...
The Way Out. At week's end there was vague and unofficial hope that the deadlock might be broken. The British were urging the Poles to send another note to Russia, specifically offering to accept the Curzon Line as a base for negotiations.
Moderates in the Polish Cabinet were said to be making eyes at Commissar Korneichuk's wife Wanda. One fantastic possibility : the more moderate Poles in Exile might even find a way to invite Wanda into their government.
Stocky, witty Alexander Yevdokimovich Korneichuk, successful Ukrainian dramatist, member of the Supreme Soviet and, for the past year, a Vice Commissar of Foreign Affairs under Molotov, resigned his post the day after his chief announced the new autonomy. Two days later Kiev announced appointment of a Commissar of Foreign Affairs...