Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw (139 page)

kowski and
wi
ch, op. cit., p. 101.
•
61
.
Christine Levisse Touzé,
Paris libéré, Paris retrouvé
(Paris, 1944), p. 74.
•
62
.
Ibid., p. 40.
•
63
.
Biuletin Informacyjny
, 24 August 1944, quoted by
DWS
, p. 128.
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64
.
Ibid.
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65
.
J. Nowak, memoirs, quoted in ibid., p. 129.
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66
.
Neil Orpen,
Airlift to Warsaw
(Cape Town, 1984), pp. 65–8.
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67
.
Michael Peszke,
The Battle for Warsaw
(Boulder, Colorado, 1995).
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68
.
The Times
, 8 August 1941.
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69
.
Glen B. Infield,
The Poltava Affair
(London, 1974), p. 110.
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70
.
Churchill, op. cit., pp. 122–3.
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71
.
Ibid.
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72
.
Ibid., p. 123.
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73
.
Karski,
Great Powers
, op. cit., p. 539.
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74
.
HIA, Romer Microfilm Collection. London (General) File, ‘Nego tiations with Stalin and other Soviet leaders 1944’.
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75
.
See note 34 above.
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76
.
Order nr. 6, 13 August 1944,
Bij
ce serce Partii: Dzienniki Personalne Ministerstwa Publicznego
(Warsaw, 2001).
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77
.
SPP. 3/19/2. 8 August 1944.
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78
.
J. Harvey (ed.),
The War Diaries of Oliver Harvey
(London, 1978), pp. 349–50. Sir Oliver Harvey, later Lord Tasburgh (1893–1968), was Eden’s private secretary for most of the war, later Ambassador to Paris. In a note to the entry for 13 August 1944, the editor adds that ‘Berut’ (sic) was really called Krasnodewski, a Communist Soviet agent imprisoned in Poland and exchanged in 1922.
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79
.
Tadeusz
enczykowski,
Generał Grot: U kresu walki
(London, 1983), p. 66.
•
80
.
TASS communiqué, 12 August as reported in
The Times
, 13 August 1944:
RW
, pp. 98–9.
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81
.
George Kennan,
Mem oirs, 1925–1950
(Boston, 1967), pp. 210–211.
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82
.
There is some doubt concerning the date and scope of this order. The practice of arresting Home Army personnel had been in force since July. See Chapter IV above.
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83
.
Werth, op. cit., pp. 876–8.
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84
.
Capt. Witold Pilecki (1901–48), pseudonyms ‘Roman Jezierski’, ‘Serafi
ski’, ‘Druh’, ‘Witold’;
Sbkw
, vol. II, pp. 151–2.
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85
.
RW
, p. 116.
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86
.
M. Ney-Krwawicz,
The Polish Army, 1939–45
(London, 2001), p. 67.
•
87
.
St Marczak-Oborski, ‘Do powsta
ca’,
DWS
, p. 151.
•
88
.
DWS
, p. 152.
Attrition. •
89
.
A. Silgailis,
Latvian Legion
(San José, Calif., 1986), pp. 245–50.
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90
.
Hanson, op. cit., p. 157.
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91
.
Quoted in J. Noakes and J. Pridham (eds),
Nazism 1919–45: A Documentary Reader
(Exeter, 1983–98), vol. III, p. 996.
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92
.
Karski, op. cit., pp. 540–41.
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93
.
Bór-Komorowski, dispatch to the Premier and the C.-in-C., 29 August 1944. GSHI, A XII. 3/88, quoted by Hanson op. cit. A full account of negotiations over the Premier’s plan is in W. Pobóg-Malinowski,
Najnowsza Historia Polityczna Polska
(London, 1963), vol. II, pp. 752–9.
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94
.
AKD
, IV, nr. 975, pp. 251–4. English version: W. Anders,
An Army in Exile
(Nashville, 1981), pp. 220–1.
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95
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Geoffrey Barra clough (b. 1908), historian of medieval Germany. In 1944 he was writing his
Origins of Modern Germany
(Oxford, 1946). His views on Eastern Europe were embarrass ingly dismissive and patronizing:
i.e.
rather medieval and Germanic.
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96
.
George Orwell,
Tribune
, 1 September 1944: see Appendix 26.
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97
.
Ambassador Harriman was considerably more level-headed than most of his counterparts in Washington. ‘My recent meetings with Vyshinski and particularly with Molotov lead me to believe that these men are bloated with power and expect that they can force
their will on us and all countries to accept their decisions without question’. Harriman to FDR, 17 August 1944. FDR Library, Doc. #GEM-675, PSF Box 48, file ‘Poland-8/44’.
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98
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Winant to Hopkins, 1 September 1944: Hopkins to Winant, 4 September 1944. Harry Hopkins Papers, FDR Library, Box 10, ‘Growing Crisis in Poland’, Box 4.
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99
.
Adm. Leahy to the President, 5 September 1944, Telegram Red 374, FDR Library, Map Room, Box 20.
•
100
.
Hull to Harriman, 12 September 1944, #63, FDR Library, Map Room, Box 20.
•
101
.
Anders, op. cit., pp. 191-2.
•
102
.
Ibid., p. 191.
•
103
.
Ibid., pp. 198-9.
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104
.
In Anders’s account, he had told Churchill ‘there is no justice or honour in Russia, and not a single man whose word can be trusted. “Churchill pointed out how dangerous such language would be if spoken in public. No good, he said, could come from antagonising the Russians.” ’ Ibid., p. 124.
•
105
.
Ibid., pp. 209-13.
•
106
.
Ibid., p. 214.
•
107
.
31 August 1944. Gen. Anders to Lt.Col. Marian Dorotycz-Malewicz, ‘Ha
cza’: in A. Suchcitz, ‘Powstanie Warszawskie 1944 w archiwaliach polskich w Londynie’, in
Rocznik
, PTNO vol. 40 (1996-7), pp. 71-2.