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at first stationed behind the front, where they could complete their org&nization. Oen.Richardcon said the transp ort of the Corps .would hegin about December 23rd and would take morę or less 3 months.

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Gen.A. promised to do ewerything possible in order to have the jjhole. of the Corps brought over in the shortest possible time. The delay irt assembling ijrin Italy would be «due--.entirely to jthe liuitations of transport from Wre^-    -EAoT ^o 'tTAlY^ Be al-so. sald that.. liuving fuli

regard to the Polish morał and national motives, he_ wouldr f;ive thę fotlsh Gorns r.n independent seotor of the linę. The Polish Corps would thus fight ¹ directly undSrt&en .hontgomraery.

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Gen.S.stated• the 4th alternative had ±±±s adwantages. He would examine General A.*s suggestions with the Corps Conmsunder in the h.E. r.n& with gen .Wilson* and than comn/unicate his solution.

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2.    Gen.S.said he intended to take 2.COO Polish soldiers from the ji.E. to Great' Britain, to reinforce Polish Air Korce ground personnel. These

•soldiers would be tśken from arnong the 8.000 which do not come within the Corps organiźation. Gen.A.said this would interest Gen.Wilson, r:s he (Gen.A.) was interested only in the Corps. He then&skeę. about the Poles spread tliroughout Europie and.America. Weufc the Poles not able to find reinforcements from ariong these Poles. Gen.G.explained ..the position of Poles in America, told gen.A.abóut our .div.in Switzerland and about Poles in Germany, Balkans and other countries. Ee then pro-duced the map which he &ad prepnred for hirn, showing the potential distribution of Poles in Europę from the point of view of possible re-inforcements. Cen.A.was rery interested in this map and asked scve rai ąuestions on the subject, which Gen.S.answered.

3.    Gen.S.- put forr/ard the question of Polish surplus officers, recalled his

conwpjssHiiop    Gen.E. on this subject and asked Gen .Al exand er to

śgree to attach a considerable number of such officers to ErjfU^h^ American fighting units. By doint 50 gen.A. would render a veriHgreat perwice to the Polish Arcaed Porues. Gen.Alexander said Ye,would haVe'-No* eonsult h&s Army Cómmanders before he could give any figurę possible attachments, but he thought he could agree to the „fittAchments in ^rjnćiple. Gen.S.added that he was aslcing for attachments » ¹ in the linę, in serwices and commands. Gen.A. asked for lists of ęuąlifications of can&idates before they are sent and enquired about the knowledge of English. Gen.S.said he v/ould only send officers who 3cnev/ English to a reasonable degree. Ke also rnentioned that he had over 1500 surplus officers.

4.    Gen.S. toid Gen.A. of the Polish Corarnando troop which is now ne^ r

".lgiers. He repeated his conwersation in this matter with Gen.E. Y.e asked gen.A. to enable this Comnando uhit to go to action together with experienoc^ British or American Cormaando troops>    at

first in a minor operation. At present the^^ were together with a Belgi&«n unit who, lilce thenselves, had not yet been in action. They had already their priority on the list for shipping to Italy. Gen,A.expressed his satisfact.ion_? as he needeó Comm£i.ndo troops. He would remember gen.3.’s requcst.