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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
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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-
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