council made up of Polish leaders, which would form a government from the chiefs of five political parties. I made it clear to Stalin that Poland should, by all means, maintain the friendliest communion with Russia. He in turn said that not only should Poland maintain a good relationship with Russia, but that it must also maintain a good relationship with Britain and America as well. The session continued for more than two hours, with periodic ten-minute recesses, most of them Stalin's idea. I ate a quiet dinner with only a very small number of guests (for the first time in the entire course of the conference) and, before retiring to my suite, drafted a letter to be sent to Marshal Stalin. The letter wound up being quite long, actually, and most of my creativity for the evening went into it. I could not help myself but to write this entry, however, and the last of my abilities for today have gone into it. My sinuses are being troublesome again, and I need to go to sleep. I'll write again tomorrow. Never mind how much time I have to spare. There always seems to be enough time anyway. Franklin Delano Roosevelt February 7th, 1945 Dear Diary, I don't find myself to be very tired tonight, but plan on going to sleep shortly. I want to conserve as much energy as possible for tomorrow's session and don't want to stay up much past 10:00pm. It is already twenty-five after nine, and so I must work relatively quickly. I opened the session today by once again making it clear to the Marshal and the Prime Minister that I am far less concerned in tracing Polish borders than I am about the dilemma with the Polish Government. I don't find the legality and constancy of any Polish Government to be overwhelmingly important, and I said so. After all, for many years there has been no such thing as a Polish Government. I was then interrupted by Mr. Molotov, who wished to share the report on the meeting of the foreign ministers, which ...
