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b. !ho British and American Govornmonts do not rccognize nny tcrritcrial ehangcs resulting from ml li tary oporations and carriod

out wi-chout' tho ęonsjnfe of tho population concerncd.    194

-'    c*f; Poland-is chc son&or ąlly of Groat Britain ln thls war.

Ife is casy to roniła© whnt feolings and rcactions on tho part cf

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tho whole Polish Kation thoso activitios of the Soviet Authorlties on Polish soli muat neco£;3-\rily ovoke. It ls obvious that thls Attitud*

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of thc Soviet Authoritios ls capablc of discóuraging otfen the bost

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ondoavours of tho Polo© to como toan undcrstanding wlth th^ir oastorn

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nclghbour.

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Tt is oąuaily o:vłaus that nothlng can bronie tho Polish Kation’s

will to prosorvo its Inicpondcnco and to dofend Polahd^łs sovoroign

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right3, Ir any proof bo rcąuirod, it is onough to recall tho rolen-tloss fivo yoar’s struclo of tho whoic Polish NatlOi' agaiust thc’ Ge?-

non invudcr. In Polanri rosis tance has controd around the Underground Army, organisod lato in 1939 undor thc dircctlon of tho Polish Govcr:~ -

mont ar.d forming ah intogral part of tho Polish Armcd Forcos. Abroad,

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the exeloits of Polish .:oamcn, airmen and soldiors, fighting on nil wostern fronts, aro tdo woli known tobo horo enunorated.

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Sinco August 1 s“ -;he action óf thc Polish Underground Army in

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Warsaw assumed tho ohnracter of a genoral risikg. Fighting against tremonrous odds, wlth rio help from Sovict Hus sin and with vory alcn-

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der and dolayod help fro m British and American Ali los (only ansmlł ambim-t of light arms and cjnmunltlon have so far' rcachcd Warsów ),this Army haa boen for ovcr :’our wcoks, and still is, in possession of a

r(.taajor part of tho Capital,. At thc samo.tino it has managed to remain

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in eon tnnt contrct with tho rest of Poland and with London.

I.t wcv.ld.bo dlfihcult to find better ovidcncc of thc 3pirit which-aninafćs thoso fif,hting,.in, thc rapks of tho .Uncl rgroi.nl Army of their\strcnght and oigonlsation and of the support whioh they