A message of the Prime I.V.Stalin to the Prime Minister of Great Britain Mr. W.Churchill

Secret and personal.
5th of August 1944

I have received your message about Warsaw.
I think that your information about the Polish is very exaggerated and is not trustworthy. That is something one can conclude from the claims of Polish who say that some Armia Krayowi units have already taken Vilno, which they even announced on the radio. This without doubt is not true. Polish Armia Krajowa consists of several units which are incorrectly named “divisions”. They don’t have artillery, tanks or aviation. I have no idea how such units can take Warsaw which is defended by four full German tank divisions including the “German Goring” division.

Source: Correspondence of the head of the Minister Council of the USSR with the Presidents of the United States and Prime Ministers of Great Britain during the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. 2nd edition 1989 Vol.1 p. 290-291