O.S.S. Numbered Bulletins
Packet of O.S.S. numbered bulletins transmitted to the White House Map Room on May 5, 1943. The bulletins provided war situation updates for various regions of the world.
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OCR Page 1 of 10The Polish-Russian Break: Opinion of Polish Progressives
The London office of OSS transmits the results
of an investigation of the opinions entertained by
peasant and labor representatives in the Polish
government-in-exile regarding the break with Russia:
1. A desire for and realization of the
necessity for an understanding with Russi a exists.
2. Sikorski's 1941 arrangement with Russia
was approved by the labor and peasant representatives
in spite of the opposition of reactionary elements in
the government-in-exile.
3. Peasant labor groups have feared that
Poland might be forced to accept the Soviet form of
government and have tried to impress upon the United
Nations the danger of allowing Eastern Europe to be
dominated by Russia. The Poles in Poland do not
relish this prospect of Russian domination any more
than their government in London. This is what lies
behind the boundary dispute.
4. Peasant and labor groups were convinced
that the missing Polish officers had been executed by
the Russians long before the alleged "discovery" at
Katin. Consequently, they could not dismiss the so-
called discovery as merely Nazi propaganda.
5. There is, nonetheless, a feeling among
these progressive groups that the whole matter has been
badly handled. Under the circumstances, the appeal to
the Red Cross was ill-advised. However, the progressives
favor adoption of the strongest possible line,
especially to inform American and British opinion on
the magnitude of the Russian problem.
6. Labor and Peasant groups are, in con-
clusion, willing to accept both the responsibility and
the credit for supporting the attitude of the Polish
government. They are convinced that they will have the
full support of their respective groups in Poland itself.
( oss Official Dispatch #03136, London, May 3, 1943)
DECLASSIFIED
By Authority of
OFORCE
CIA 006687
By SR
MAR 3 1975
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