POLAND: Fruits of Appeasement

Reluctantly, last week, the Polish Government in Exile made its most drastic gesture of appeasement to Moscow. It ousted anti-Soviet General Kazimierz Sosnkowski, commander in chief of the Polish Army, replaced him with General Bor (Lieut. General Tadeusz Komorow-ski), leader of the underground uprising in Warsaw.

To perform General Bor's duties in London, the Government in Exile appointed General Stanislaw Kopanski, lean, quiet, one-eyed engineer, who commanded the Polish forces at the defense of Tobruk. General Kopanski was said to be a "progressive," said to believe in "social reform."

No sooner was...

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