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’It can’t be true Why would they do thatT ’The Russians wanted all Slavs repatriated Repatriated so that they could then be exteret, Stalin did And I can prove my brother was in the American Sector for over a an, ’was he an exception or were there many others like him?’
’He was no exception: there were many others,’ said Szymanoithout apparent emotion ’Hundreds of thousands Perhaps as many as a ures Ies most unlikely the American authorities ever kept careful records of Operation Kee Chanl’
~Operation Kee Chanl? Why don’t people ever mention this? Surely if othersliberated prisoners back to die in Russial they would be horrified’
’There is no proof, no known documentation of Oper - ation Kee Chanl Mark Clark, God bless him, disobeyed his orders and a few of the prisoners arned in advance by soed to escape before the A low and would never admit as much One of the unlucky ones ith my brother Anyway, ies too late now’
’But the American people must be told I’ll forress will listen to us if we tell them the truth’
!Baron Rosnovski, I think this one is too big even for you!
Abel rose from his seat, ’No, no, I do not underestimate you, my friend But you do not yet understand the~ reed to hand over those poor devils because Stalin deht that there would be trials, labour camps and executions to fol - low But now, as we approach the fifties, no one is going to admit they were indirectly responsible? No, they will never do that Not for a hundred years And then, all but a few historians will have forgotten that Poland lost le nation on earth, including Gerht come to was that you must play a more direct role in politics!
’I have already been considering the idea but cannot decide what form it should take, ’I have my own views on that subject, Baron, so keep in touch’
The old man raised himself slowly to his feet and embraced Abel ’In the meantime do what you can for our cause, but don’t be surprised when you meet closed doors’
The moment Abel returned to The Baron, he picked up the phone and told the hotel operator to get hilas was Illmoi!e liberal Dernocratic senator, elected with the help of the Chicago machine, and he had always been helpful and responsive to any of Abers past requests, est Polish cornmunity in the country His assistant, Adam Tornaszewicz always dealt with his Polish constituents