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Soviet Aid to Warsaw

THE impression is gaining ground to-day that tho S o v i c t Govemment hau realised that its indiflerence to the struggle of thc Pol es iri Warsaw lias considerably changed public opinion not only in Britain but also in America, writes a diplomatic eorrespondent.

This weck the Soviet Govcrn-ment ls williag to send supplle* to Warsaw, and is now asktng how best it can help the de-fenders of the Polish Capital.

Dual Purpose

The Communist Committce of Liberation In Lublin, who already organised the leaflet raids on Warsaw waruing the population that the leadera of the rlsing would be arrested and executed have coosed from these activities.

The peoplo of Britain have every right to know thc reason why BrltJsh bornbers carrying relief to Warsaw did not receive protection from Russian flghters.

If lt was impossible for Russin to defend the British bombers. lt would have been a simplc matter to grant permission to American fighters to lise Russian airftelds.

In this way a dual pufposc ^vould have been 8Crved. British

bombers would have been de-fended and at the same tlme Warsaw would have bccn pro-tected against German bombers.

The news that the Sovlet ls willing to assist the W^rarsaw fighters comes after 41 days of the most incrcdible flghting, in which the Polish people have lost thousands of their best men.

Moro than 100.000 workers rosę at the cali to defend their city. and of these loss than one-quarter rcmain alivc.

Tliey are fighting ln the centro of the town. and ln this most desperatc battle thev have de-cided to fight to the lost man. If there ls stlll b chance of saving them, wc shall know wlthin the next few days.

The communiąuć from General Bor. C.-in-C. of the Polish Home Army. on the fighting ln Warsaw on September 11. received ln London yesterday. $ays: —

"In generał there aro no materiał changes ln the słtuatlon. In the centrę of the city there continues hord Street fighting for every house”