Ideas For Parents 45th Anniversary Party

"NOTE THE GOVERNMENT OF THE USSR, the presentation of the Polish Ambassador In Moscow in the morning on 17 September 1939



Mr. Ambassador,

Polish-German war has revealed the internal inconsistency of the Polish state. Within ten days of military operations, Poland has lost all of its industrial areas and cultural centers. Warsaw as the capital of Poland did not exist anymore. The Polish government had collapsed and shows no signs of life. This means that the Polish state and its government effectively ceased to exist. Thus ceased operation of the treaty concluded between the USSR and Poland. To itself and left without leadership, Poland has become a convenient field for all contingencies and surprises that could create threat to the USSR. Therefore, being hitherto neutral, the Soviet government can no longer be neutral between these facts.

Soviet government also can not indifferent to the fact that the half-Ukrainians and Belarusians living in Poland, abandoned to their fate, remain defenseless.

view of this situation the Soviet government ordered the General Command of the Red Army to order the troops to go the border and take under its protection the lives and property of the population of Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia.

Simultaneously, the Soviet government intended to take all measures to ensure that the rescue of the Polish people, the ill-fated war, where he was thrown into his foolish leaders, and give him the opportunity to live a peaceful life.

Accept, Mr. Ambassador, the assurances of the perfect for your consideration.

People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSR

Molotov

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Poland, the Polish Embassy, Moscow Grzhibovsky "