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==Government-in-exile after Sikorski's death== After the death of Prime Minister Sikorski, the important figures in the exile government in London were President [[Władysław Raczkiewicz]], the newly nominated Prime Minister [[Stanisław Mikołajczyk]] and Commander-in-chief [[Kazimierz Sosnkowski]]. During the [[Tehran Conference]] (November–December 1943) Stalin, [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[Winston Churchill]] determined the geographic location of the future Polish state (between the [[Oder|Oder River]] and the [[Curzon Line]]) without consulting or even notifying the Polish leaders. [[Czechoslovakia]], previously Poland's partner for a planned confederation, signed in December 1943 a friendship treaty with the Soviet Union. As a result of the developing Soviet wartime advantage, the Polish government was gradually abandoned by its allies.<ref name="Brzoza 364–374"/> Early in January 1944, the Soviet forces crossed the 1939 border of Poland. The British pressured the Polish government to accept the Soviet conditions for a resumption of Polish-Soviet diplomatic relations and practical cooperation (a recognition of the Curzon Line border and removal of anti-Soviet politicians from the Polish government), but the Polish side balked. Mikołajczyk advocated compromising with the Soviets for the sake of preserving the country's independence, while Sosnkowski, counting on the outbreak of [[World War III|war between the Allies]], rejected making any concessions. In February Churchill publicly announced his government's support for a Curzon Line Polish-Soviet border anyway.<ref name="Brzoza 364–374"/> In June 1944, Mikołajczyk officially traveled to the United States, where President Roosevelt suggested that he visits the Soviet Union to conduct political discussions. Roosevelt also asked Stalin to invite the Polish prime minister for talks on a resumption of bilateral relations.<ref name="Kochanski 439-445"/> On 30 July Mikołajczyk arrived in Moscow accompanied by Foreign Minister [[Tadeusz Romer]] and [[Stanisław Grabski]], chairman of the [[National Council of Poland|National Council]]. The PKWN had already been established and Stalin proposed negotiations between the two Polish representations aimed at their unification. The talks with Bierut, Osóbka-Morawski and Wasilewska did take place, but Mikołajczyk found the communist ideas and demands unacceptable, even though he was offered the job of prime minister in a combined government. The PKWN leaders were willing to grant the pro-Western Poles only four out of the eighteen discussed ministerial seats. Mikołajczyk reported to the [[Government Delegation for Poland|government delegate in Poland]] that the Soviets would consider establishing diplomatic relations if the Poles first agreed between themselves, that "the Soviet government has not yet finally sided with the (Polish) communists", but "Polish communists are determined to exploit the situation for turning Poland into a communist state". Thus the prime minister, himself unable to convince his government of the necessity of offering significant concessions to victorious communists, believed that Polish communist leaders were effectively blocking his deal with Stalin. After Mikołajczyk's return to London, the government-in-exile came up with its own version of compromise proposals which included the PPR's participation in the government, but they were rejected by the PKWN.<ref name="Brzoza 364–374"/><ref name="Kochanski 445-454"/>
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