Intelligence Co-operation Between Poland and Great Britain

Martin Postranecky <mp-/[email protected]>
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A potentially interesting publication is mentioned in today's TIMES :


THE TIMES
June 06, 2005

Why British intelligence refused to believe all reports of the mass murder
of Poland's Jews

By Michael Evans

Information about the gas chambers was kept from Churchill because
officials would not accept the evidence of witnesses.../snip/

...The dismissive response to the Holocaust reports in 1942 and 1943 is
detailed in a remarkable publication of official intelligence records of
the Second World War, sanctioned by the British and Polish governments.

"Intelligence Co-operation Between Poland and Great Britain World War II"
highlights the successes of the Anglo-Polish wartime relationship, notably
the extraordinary joint efforts by codebreakers to decipher Germany's
Enigma coding machine, used for all Berlin's military communications
throughout the war. The Poles were the first to break the Enigma
codes.../snip/

The official history, with a foreword by Tony Blair, is by the
Anglo-Polish Historical Committee, set up five years ago to evaluate
historical records. The first volume of findings is published this month.


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1642411,00.html
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