Table of Contents
1 Strategy and Tactics of Soviet Foreign Policy 1
2 Historical Background of Soviet-Polish Relations: From 1917 to September 1939 7
1 The Setting 7
3 The Fourth Partition of Poland 31
1 From Hostility to Alliance: September 1939 to July 1941 31
2 The Soviet Share of the Fourth Partition 37
3 The Dissolution of the Nazi-Soviet Partnership and Subsequent Polish-Soviet Negotiations 50
4 The Precarious Alliance: August 1941 to April 1943 68
1 Attempts to Implement the Terms of the Treaty to Free Poles Imprisoned in the Soviet Union 68
2 First Soviet Steps to Undermine the Polish Government 95
3 The Soviets Maneuver the Polish Army out of the U.S.S.R. 111
4 Increased Pressure and Katyn: The Soviets Rupture Diplomatic Relations 115
5 From the Rupture of Diplomatic Relations to the Soviet Establishment of the Lublin Committee: April 1943 to January 1944 132
1 The Final Outcome of the Katyn Massacres 132
2 The Soviets Launch an All-Out Effort to Undermine the Polish Government 133
3 Failure of Polish Attempts to Obtain Western Support 141
4 Soviet Psychological Preparation of the Polish Problem for the Teheran Conference 147
5 Polish Efforts to State Their Case before the Teheran Conference 154
6 The Teheran Conference: Political "Legalization" of the Partition of Poland 159
7 Implementation of the Teheran Conference by Both Sides 163
6 The Soviets Transform the Lublin Committee into the Provisional Government of Poland: January 1944 to December 1944 183
1 Polish Attempts to Re-establish Diplomatic Relations 183
2 Churchill Openly Supports the Soviet Territorial Claim on Poland 205
3 The Polish Government Attempts to Present Its Case to Roosevelt 213
4 The Polish Endeavor to Settle the Dispute Directly with Stalin 229
The Soviets Form the Lublin Committee 229
The Warsaw Uprising 234
5 The Polish Government Offers a Compromise Solution 264
Mikolajczyk's Journey to Moscow 267
6 Reports on American Attitudes toward the Polish Problem 301
7 From the Soviet Establishment of the "Provisional Government" to the Allied Recognition of It as the "Provisional Government" of National Unity: December 1944 to June 1945 326
1 The Formation of the "Provisional Government" 326
2 The Yalta Conference 338
3 The Allied Attempts to Implement the Yalta Decisions 357
4 Establishment of the "Provisional Government of National Unity" and Liquidation of the Polish Government 397
8 From the Potsdam Conference to the Elections: July 17, 1945 to October 20, 1947 405
1 The Potsdam Conference 405
2 The Fate of the Exiled Poles 412
3 The Communists Tighten Their Control Over Poland 416
4 Preparation for and Execution of the Elections of January 1947 423
5 The Aftermath 430
Conclusion 438
Appendix 1 448
Appendix 2 452
Appendix 3 456
Appendix 4 459
Appendix 5 463
Bibliography 465
Index 471
