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REPORT ON THE RUSSIANS.......... Z F SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS Scalloped Two-Piecer for Spring Tot’s Flower- Fresh •ess with White IN S T A L L M E N T F I G H T I except fo r 400 who were Anally ta k en to a cam p at Gryazovets. On June 22. 1941. H itle r attacked Russia. The Polish governm ent in London im m e d ia te ly offered the hand o f frie n d sh ip to the Soviets, suggesting the fo rm a tio n fro m p ris oners of w a r in Russian hands, of a Polish a rm y. The Soviets accept ed. G eneral Anders was released fro m his prison cell, installed in a co m fo rta b le hotel room w ith apolo gies, and w ith Soviet co-operation began fo rm in g his arm y. m unists unknown to the people Poland. The Red A rm y reoccupied K atyn, and on Ja n u a ry 22. 1944, issued a com m unique suying that a Soviet in ve stig a tin g com m ission had been culled to settle, once and fo r all. the K a tyn Forest dispute. The Russian C om m ission was a 100 per cent Soviet p icn ic T h e ir experts — d istinguished Russian academ icians—de te rm in ed th a t the G erm ans fo llo w in g th e ir occupation of Smolensk, had c a rrie d out the mass shootings in the au tu m n of 1941, and in 1943. “ c a lc u la tin g to set Russians and Poles at loggerheads, trie d to ascribe this c rim e to the Soviet gove rn m en t.” The Russians charged that in the sp rin g o f 1943 the G erm ans had even brought to K atyn Forest. Polish bodies fro m o ther d is tric ts . and had used 500 Russian prisoners of w a r in the w ork o f re m oving fro m the Polish bodies all docum ents w hich would in c rim in u te the Nazis and su b stitu tin g docu ments which would tend to in c rim inate the Russians, a fte r w hich the G erm ans hud shot the Soviet w ar prisoners. The evidence of G erm an g u ilt, gathered by the Soviet C om m ission answers a ll questions but th is one: i f the Polish officers w ere s till a live 10-20 in the sum m er o f 1941 and could r Jf,» be captured by the G erm ans, why were the Poles not told this at once? S tylish T w o -P ie c e r. Why were im p o rta n t P olish govern L E A D E R in th e s p rin g s ty le m ent o ffic ia ls allow ed to go w ild- p a ra d e is th e s m a r t a n d v e r goose-chasing a ll o ver the Soviet U nion fo r n e a rly tw o ye a rs in s a tile tw o p ie c e o u tfit. T h is one search o f th e ir a rm y ’ s officers, when has b r ie f, c o m fo rta b le sleeves, the Russians knew the m en were d a in ty s c a llo p e d g in g a n d g e n tly fla re d p e p lu m a c c e n tin g a tin y a lready in G erm an hands? An observant re p o rte r noticed that w a is tlin e . T h e g o re d s k ir t is e a s i one Polish body was clad in long ly m a d e a n d v e r y g ra c e fu l. • • • heavy underw ear, and mentioned it Considering only m ilita r y effec tives, the m ira c le is th a t any G e r m an soldier was able to set foot on Russian soil. They w ere able to penetrate to the suburbs o f Moscow and L e n ing ra d and range as fa r as the Caucasus (1,500 m iles fro m B e r lin ) not only because o f Russia's te ch n ica l p o ve rty and the d iso rg a n ized state o f h e r in d u s tria l develop m ent, but also because at the tim e the Red A rm y lacked experienced officers. H er in itia l a ir force, fo r in Poles, released fro m prison stance. could not com pare in q u a lity cam ps a ll o ver the Soviet Union, w ith th a t of the G erm ans. M uch of began flocking to his headquarters. i t was smashed in the firs t few but there were alm ost no o ffife rs . weeks o f fighting. G eneral Anders was at firs t not I f the Russian a ir force is p rim i- 1 alarm ed, believing that they p ro b tiv e , th is is no reflection on the a b ly had been tra n s fe rre d to some s k ill o f Russian pilots, who rank fa r-a w a y A rc tic la b o r cam p and am ong the w o rld 's best. B u t Rus presently w ould tu rn up But as sia lacks the s k ill to tu rn out good m onths went by and not one a ddi planes. O f a ll branches o f any a ir tio n a l o ffice r reported he became force, long-range bom bers such as concerned. the B ritis h Lan ca ste r and the A m e r N ovem ber of 1941, Polish A m bas ican F o rtre s s and L ib e ra to r re q u ire sador K ot in te rvie w e d S talin on this the highest degree o f in d u s tria l s k ill p e rp le xin g problem . The M arshal fo r production and o p eration in appeared genuinely astonished. la rg e num bers. They are alm ost In K o t's presence, he rang up the to ta lly absent in the Red A ir Force N K V D and said the prisoners who had been in those three camps should be released at once. A m onth passed, d u rin g w hich the Poles were co lle ctin g , fro m the 400 s u rv iv o rs o f the three camps, a lis t I o f the names o f th e ir m issing b ro th e r officers. On Decem ber 4, when S ta lin received Generals S iko rski and Anders, they took w ith them an incom plete lis t o f 4.500 names. T h is tim e S ta lin expressed no surprise o r in d ignation. The Poles fe lt he an swered evasively, suggesting th a t the 10,000 officers m ig h t have re turned to G erm an occupied Poland to the Soviet d o cto r in charge. The o r fled o ver the M anchurian border K now ing how closely the N K V D su d o cto r rem arked th a t m ost o f the pervises a ll tra v e l in Russia, it was bodies w ore e ith e r heavy under d iffic u lt fo r the tw o Polish generals wear, o r overcoats, o r both. T h a t pointed to the theory that to believe-such a large num ber o f officers could have accom plished these Poles m ust have been shot th is jo u rn e y undetected. P ic k in g up d u rin g A p ril, 1940, as the' G erm ans his telephone. S talin called General cla im e d , ra th e r than in A ugust and P a m filo v a t N K V D headquarters, September, 1941, a fte r the G erm ans Russian pilots ra n k e d am o ng again issuing orders to release a il m oved in, as the S oviet governm ent world's best. Poles who had ever been in the three was contending. When this point was raised w ith The men who plan the Red A ir camps. F o rce have s k illfu lly designed it M ore tim e passed but not an of the Soviet conducting officers, there was considerable confusion and the around the c o u n try's m any sh o rt fice r turned up. ages; they have concentrated on A re a lly d is tu rb in g ru m o r began Russians fin a lly argued th a t the c li p ro d u ctio n of the S to rm o vik, a slow, to c ircu la te . A few months before m ate o f Poland is un ce rta in , so low a ltitu d e stra fin g plane. Since the G erm an a tta ck on Russia, the th a t fu r overcoats and long under th is e ffic ie n t fittle tank buster usu N K V D assembled several Polish w ear .m ight be w orn in September I f a re p o rte r would w rite " I AM a lly operates at treetop level, the sta ff officers, in clu d in g a Colonel S oviet fighters w hich p ro te ct it have B e rlin g , and suggested to them th a t NOT A M E D IC A L E X P E R T B U T no need fo r high a ltitu d e equip possibly a Polish a rm y m ig h t be o r DOCTORS SAY the condition of m ent. ganized to fig h t the Germ ans. A t a these bodies proves they were m u r Of the 10,000 planes w hich A m e r conference w ith Russian N K V D o f dered by the G erm ans,” the cen ica has d e live re d to the Soviet Union ficials, B e ria and M e rku lo v, Colo sorship would s trik e out the q u a lify the Russians lik e best the B e ll A ira - nel B e rlin g agreed, provided i t was ing phrase (c a p ita lize d ), leaving cobra, w hich is a lig h t, low altitu d e , organized ‘irre s p e c tiv e of p o litic a l only the bare charge. Also stricke n out were a ll phrases ground co-operation plane, s im ila r in creeds,” and then added that, at fu n ctio n to the S to rm o vik. I t is the three o ffic e rs ' prison camps, in d ic a tin g any doubt in the co rre spondents’ m inds— such words as standard Red A ir F orce procedure "w e have excellent a rm y cadres.” “ in m y o p in io n ,” "p ro b a b ly ,” or M e rk u lo v answered im m e d ia te ly to rem ove a ll high a l Whereupon, "e vid e n ce we were shown would titu d e flyin g equipm ent fro m m ost q u ic k ly , w ith some em barrassm ent, A m e ric a n planes, re p la cin g the "N o , not these men. We have made tend to p ro ve ,” w ith the re su lt th a t w e ig h t w ith e xtra a m m u n itio n . a g reat blunder in connection w ith the stories as received in A m e rica were as firm ly d a m ning of the G er L a c k in g n ig h t fighters and ra d a r, th e m .” O nly ru m o rs, perhaps, but m ans as P ra vd a 's editorials. Soviet ta rg e ts w ith in range o f the they disturbed the Poles. In 1939, when the A nglo-French Then on A p ril 13, 1943, the G e r L u ftw a ffe are p a rtic u la rly v u ln e ra M ilita r y M ission was in Moscow t r y ble to n ig h t bom bing, and the stand m an ra d io announced that in K atyn ing to negotiate an a llia n ce w ith the a rd Russian m ethod o f defense is Forest, near Smolensk, w hich they Soviet Union one of the Soviet dp- ground fire fro m a n ti-a irc ra ft bat then held, they had discovered mass teries, such as was used to p ro te ct graves of about 10,000 Polish o f Moscow. However, la c k in g ra d a r to ficers, each k ille d w ith a b u lle t guide th e ir fire, the gunners can through the back of his head. They * shoot o n ly a t the sound, w hich is a said Russian peasants in the v ic in rough in d ica tio n not of where the ity told them these prisoners o f w ar bom ber is, but where it was sev w ere m urdered by the N K V D in the e ra l seconds ago. T herefore, to be spring o f 1940, g iv in g dates c o rre effective, b a tte rie s m ust be massed sponding closely to the tim e the about the target, v o m itin g continu prison camps had been evacuated. ous fountains o f fire d u rin g a raid, The G erm ans also c la im e d th a t le t an expensive procedure. ters and papers found in the clo th K a ty n F orest is near Smolensk and ing, as w ell as the condition o f the is the grave o f some 10,000 Poles, bodies, indicated th a t the men had m o stly officers, who were shot in been m urdered in the sp rin g of the back of the head. W hether this 1940. slaughter o f helpless w a r prisoners Names announced o ver the G er was done by Russians o r G erm ans, m an ra d io corresponded w ith those there is vio le n t disagreem ent and o f Polish officers m issin g fro m the evidence both ways. three camps. To understand the co m p le x ity of Radio Moscow took cognizance of the case, a little h is to ry is neces the G erm an c h a rg e s ' in a -b itte r sary. When in 1939, the G erm ans broadcast saying “ These G erm an and Russians d ivided Poland, the lies reveal the fate o f Polish officers Russian share o f the loot included whom the G erm ans em ployed in m ore than 180,000 prisoners o f w ar, co nstruction w ork in th a t re g io n .” of whom 10,000 were officers. A few Russian news agency, Tass, issued w ere generals. The m ost d is tin a com m unique e xp la in in g that these guished of these, in clu d in g G eneral P olish prisoners, who had been em Anders, were confined to Moscow's ployed by the Russians on construc L u b ian ka prison. The rest o f the tion w ork west o f Smolensk, had 10,000 officers were sent to three been captured by the G erm ans d u r prison cam ps in the Russian towns ing the Soviet re tre a t in the sum m er Russians Improved the technique o f S tarobielsk, K ozielsk, and Osta- o f 1941. of paratroops that they created. szkov. These cam ps housed tw elve This explanation did not sa tisfy Polish generals, sixty-nine colonels, a ll Poles. T h e ir officers had been mands was the rig h t, under ce rta in seventy-tw o lie u te na n t colonels and evacuated in A p ril, 1940. E v e r since circum stances, to occupy the three in a ll 5,131 re g u la r a rm y officers the Russo-German break in June of B a ltic States. The B ritis h dem urred. When I and 4,096 reserve officers. F ew of 1941, the Polish governm ent had the last had been captured in com been try in g to get fro m the Rus was in London in F e b ru a ry of 1940, bat. M ost o f them had not y e t been sians some h in t as to where they an in te llig e n t young man in th e ir called up fo r d uty, but, when Rus had been taken. O nly a fte r th is G er fo re ig n office gave me th e ir posi tion. sia occupied her h a lf of Poland, man broadcast do they learn fro m "H e re we a re ," he said, "suppos obeyed the Soviet summons to as the Soviet governm ent th a t the o f semble. ficers had been taken to the K a ty n edly defending the rig h ts of sm a ll The Polish officers were reason F o re st region, w ith the ad d ition a l European nations. We could h a rd ly a b ly w e ll treated at the three camps statem ent th a t in 1941 they were cap s ta rt by d e liv e rin g three of them to u n til A p ril, 1940, when the Soviets tured and m urdered by the G e r the Russians as a p rice fo r th e ir a l liance. We have to consider opinion began evacuating them , te llin g the mans. in the States. Wight would you peo m en they m ig h t be sent back to On A p ril 26, the Soviet govern th e ir homes. They le ft in groups m ent broke o ff re la tio n s w ith the pie have said to th a t? " "T h e y would have been In fa vo r o f fro m tw e n ty to s ix ty e v e rj’ few Polish governm ent in London, and days d u rin g A p r il and e a rly M ay. set up in Moscow her own “ U nion o f alm ost a n ything you had to do W hat became of them a fte r th a t, the o f Polish P a trio ts ” w hich, accord to w in the w a r w ithout th e ir having Poles have a few clues. M o st of ing to the London Polish govern to get in ,” I said, and I s till th in k I was rig h t. the 10,000 vanished fro m the earth m ent, was m ade up o f Polish Com- (T O B E C O N T IN U E D ) <7 8978 A Pattern No. 8978 Is designed for sizes to. 12. 14. 16, 18 and 20 Size 12 requires 4'» yards of 35-lnch m aterial.* A lit t le s a lt in th e b o tto m o f the s k ille t w il l k e e p th e fa t fr o m pop p in g . 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