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I*rmia»ion or wn ooiąulaion /tm in tho arsen of Andre w Witos and Samara ta    ^WR*

epplied to rorloua persona whoae rrosenoe in vie*r of thair known adherenoe to Yarioua politioal groups, iłould eenro aa a politioal ocr on for tha Cotanmiats,

Tho Union of Polieh Patriota ia not, therefore, an organUation of tha typa of tha Cogdtd da Rasaombloaent Ponulalrą in Pranoe during tha Popular Front regime.

Tho politioal prograine of tho Union ie without any definite Coioainiat oharaoteristias, although it expneraly States tho prinaiple that tha futura Poland Bust bo within the orbit of Seriot influence and oacdusiTely of noriot influenco. Thia hna, olaarly, tha object of osauring the Sowiet* tho marim freodom of i^oro-roent in the finał oolution of the Poliah oueotion.    * -j Ą

Tho Gonaan ocoupation of the obole of Poliah torrltory at first mado tha ertcnoion of Gormanlet work to that country iiopoaolble. Lator, relying on tha partisan unita of tho Bod Amy organioed by tho Sowieta, tho Comainiata took ad-wontage of tho opport unity and proceodod to actlon.

Thoy did not, hoeewerp ontor tho politioal and iiitary organisaiion of Underground Poland, funotioning sińce the autumn of 1939 and baaed on an understand-ing beteeen all tha politioal partiea /tho Coiaainiat Party did not esdat/, but bogan -<ork on thoir own acoount undor tho tiila "Po-ilsh lYorkers * Party, oo-operatlng with tha Sowiet partisana.

nero put

It saay ba oentloned that at tho and of 1941 and boginning of 1942, propooala

the Poliah Gowemaant for tho croation of a united

I olisb-Sowiet plan of actlon agalnat the German front. Ibey eoro not aooeptad on tha Sowiet aide.

A oharacteristio de taili the area of tho actiwitiea of the Poliah Workera*

Party hao coma to be only Central and vootem Poland, oeot of tho Ribbontrop-Łiolo--