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Tag Archives: POland
8.12.40
Broadcasting the night before last. . . . Met there a Pole who has only recently escaped from Poland by some underground route he would not disclose. . . . He said that in the siege of Warsaw 95 per … Continue reading
31.8.39.
Foreign & General 1. No definite news. Poland has called up more reserves but this does not yet amount to full mobilization. German occupation of Slovakia continues & 300, 000 men said to be now at strategic points on Polish … Continue reading
Posted in Leading Up to War, Political
Tagged A.E.U., Anderson shelters, Bevan, children, Emergency Powers Act, evacuation, Gallacher, German occupation of Slovakia, German persecution of Jews, Hitler, Hyde Park speakers, Lansbury Wilson, London, Maxton, Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact, New York world fair, Paris, POland, reserves, Ribbentrop, Sir J. Anderson, Ted Bramley, Voroshilov, Wilkinson
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8.8.39.
Foreign & General 1. Chinese dollar has now dropped below 4d. Daily Telegraph [a] 2. Danzig senate° appears to have climbed down in dispute over Polish customs officials. Daily Telegraph [b] 3. Again reported that a large number of Asturian … Continue reading
Posted in Leading Up to War, Political
Tagged asturia, Chinese dollar, Danzig, Germany, gollancz, hungary, leonard merrick, nazi, POland, The Link
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6.7.39.
Foreign & General 1. Britain to grant arms credit of £100 million to Poland, Turkey & Rumania. Daily Telegraph [a] 2. Polish, Turkish & Chinese gov.ts said to believe Stalin genuinely desires pact Daily Telegraph Party Politics 1. McGovern again … Continue reading
Posted in Leading Up to War, Political
Tagged arms credit, Chinese, McGovern Labour Party, POland, Rumania, Stalin, Turkey
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