Word: mikolajczyk
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...Polish Government in Exile was announced in London last week by President Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz. It was somewhat to the left of the government of General Wladyslaw Sikorski. The new Premier: Peasant Leader Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, no surprise. New Foreign Minister: Tadeusz Romer, quite a surprise...
...Soviet Union, Prime Minister Mikolajczyk tossed this bid for a reconciliation: "The sincere wish of the new Polish Government [is] that relations with Russia be re-established." But in his first official interview he let drop a remark which must have ruffled Russia anew. Instead of ignoring a correspondent's question asking whether Poland favored the restoration of the Baltic States, Mikolajczyk replied: "I can say that no Pole could remain indifferent to the aspirations of any country seeking independence...
Acting Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, well aware that future Poland must have Russia's good will and equally well aware that Sosnkowski's appointment would be a new irritation to Russia, handed his resignation to President Raczkiewicz. The British Foreign Office, working overtime to bring Poland and Russia into agreement again, may have voiced displeasure at the prospect of Sosnkowski. Whatever did happen offstage, at week's end it seemed clear that Acting Premier Mikolajczyk, leader of the democratic Peasant Party, would be made permanent Premier. General Sosnkowski was to resign as Deputy President, be appointed Commander...
...Polish Government in Exile appointed Deputy Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk acting Premier, said he had been a "collaborator" of Sikorski's. But if strong, smart General Sikorski had been unable to check Polish chauvinism, Mikolajczyk more than had his work...