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    "ocrText": "But we also know that the workers and peasants of Poland have covered a\nlong stretch of road in establishing their people's democratic state and have\naccumulated such a great amount of practical experience that they will success-\nfully cope with the tasks they have been given and will confidently advance\ntoward the victory of socialism. In this they can rely, now and in the future,\non the friendship between the Soviet Union and the Polish Republic.\nYou know, Comrades, that six years ago a pact of friendship, mutual aid,\nand cooperation was concluded between the Soviet Union and Poland. The political\nsignificance of this pact is stressed by the fact that this pact bears, on the\nSoviet side, the signature of Comrade Stalin. During the signing of this pact\nComrade Stalin expounded the great historic implication of this Soviet-Polish\nagreement. \"The significance of this pact, = Stalin said at the time, \"lies\nfirst of all in the fact that it marks a decisive turning point in Soviet-Polish\nrelations in the direction of the alliance and friendship already forged in the\nrecent liberation struggle against Germany. This friendship is now being\nformally consolidated in this pact. Relations between our two countries in the\npast five centuries were marked by alienation, enmity, and frequently by open\narmed conflicts. Such relations weakened both our countries and strengthened\nGerman imperialism. The importance of the present pact is that it puts an end\nto these old relations and creates a real foundation for superseding the old\nhostile attitude by one of alliance and friendship between the Soviet Union and\nPoland. These hostile relations prevailed during the time of the old Polish and\ntsarist Russia, the time of open armed conflict, and as a result a great deal of\nhardship was inflicted on both our nations, particularly the Polish, Ukrainian,\nand Byelorussian peoples.\"\nOn the occasion of the signing of the Soviet-Polish pact, Comrade Stalin\nsaid: \"In the past 25 to 30 years, that is, in the course of the two world wars,\nthe Germans succeeded in exploiting Polish territory as a corridor in their\nattack on the East, as a place d'armes for their offensive on the Soviet Union.\nThis could happen then because no friendly alliance existed between our two\ncountries. The old rulers of Poland scorned friendly relations with the Soviet\nUnion. They gambled and lost. Poland was occupied, its independence nullified.\nGerman troops, as a result of this disastrous policy, knocked at the gates of\nMoscow. The significance of the present pact is this: It liquidates the old"
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