Dwa memoriały Michała Kwiatkowskiego w sprawie polityki zagranicznej Rządu RP na uchodźstwie w latach 1942-1943
Michał Kwiatkowski's Two Memoranda Concerning the Foreign Policy of the Polish Government in Exile in the Years 1942-1943

Summary/Abstract: In the article two memoranda are presented that concern the foreign policy of the Polish government in exile in the years 1942-1943. Their author is Michał Kwiatkowski, a journalist, an editor, a Labour Party (Poland) politician, an activist of the Polish community in Germany and France. During World War II Kwiatkowski was a member of the National Council of Poland – a substitute of the Polish parliament in exile. The presented texts concern the matters that are fundamental for the Polish foreign policy of that time: the future of Germany and the relations between Poland and the USSR. The first memorandum was written at the request of the Prime Minister of the Polish Government, General W. Sikorski, for his visit in the USA in December 1942-January 1943. The other one was presented to the Political Committee of the Polish Government at the crucial moment when the Red Army was approaching the east borders of Poland. Both the texts let the reader learn about the opinions entertained by one of the leaders of the Labour Party (Poland) – a party that was part of the government coalition during World War II. They also show the way basic political-international phenomena were perceived by a member of the political life of “Polish London” of those times; they also make it possible to compare Kwiatkowski’s predictions with the real course of events.

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